diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6820b4f..b0dfd9bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Streaming parsers accept any iterable object and return a generator iterator obj
 
 To use the generator object in your code, simply loop through it:
 
-```
+```python
 import jc.parsers.ls_s
 
 result = jc.parsers.ls_s.parse(ls_command_output.splitlines())
diff --git a/templates/readme_template b/templates/readme_template
index 372c333f..5b7dbcd5 100644
--- a/templates/readme_template
+++ b/templates/readme_template
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Streaming parsers accept any iterable object and return a generator iterator obj
 
 To use the generator object in your code, simply loop through it:
 
-```
+```python
 import jc.parsers.ls_s
 
 result = jc.parsers.ls_s.parse(ls_command_output.splitlines())