diff --git a/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua b/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
index ebdce56c2d3..e2a0a54910f 100644
--- a/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
+++ b/utils/pandoc_codeblock.lua
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 
 -- Function to convert code blocks to markdown
 function CodeBlock (cb)
-    return pandoc.RawBlock('markdown', '```bash\n' .. cb.text .. '\n```\n')
+    return pandoc.RawBlock('markdown', '```shell\n' .. cb.text .. '\n```\n')
 end