diff --git a/getting_started.rst b/getting_started.rst
index dffaa36..2ead394 100644
--- a/getting_started.rst
+++ b/getting_started.rst
@@ -23,28 +23,20 @@ All platforms with ``conda``
 * Create a new Python 3.5 environment (named ``aio35``, use a different
   if you like)::
 
-  .. highlight:: bash
-
-       conda create -n aio35 python=3.5
+    conda create -n aio35 python=3.5
 
 * Activate it.
   Linux and OS X::
 
-  .. highlight:: bash
-
-       $ source activate aio35
+    $ source activate aio35
 
   Windows::
 
-  .. highlight:: bash
-
-       $ source activate aio35
+    $ source activate aio35
 
 * Install ``aiohttp``::
 
-  .. highlight:: bash
-
-       $(aio35) pip install aiohttp
+    $(aio35) pip install aiohttp
 
 Platform specific
 -----------------
diff --git a/hello_world.rst b/hello_world.rst
index cea3f3f..f925f84 100644
--- a/hello_world.rst
+++ b/hello_world.rst
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ all scheduled :term:`tasks <task>` could execute, which results in a warning.
 
 Warning::
 
-.. highlight:: none
-
       Task was destroyed but it is pending!
       task: <Task pending coro=<say() done, defined at examples/loop_stop.py:3>
       wait_for=<Future pending cb=[Task._wakeup()]>>
diff --git a/webscraper.rst b/webscraper.rst
index af59b9f..f85fa7a 100644
--- a/webscraper.rst
+++ b/webscraper.rst
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ This is a very simple web server. (See below for the code.)
 Its only purpose is to wait for a given amount of time.
 Test it by running it from the command line::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ python simple_server.py
 
 It will answer like this::
@@ -127,8 +125,6 @@ difference provides the elapsed run time.
 
 Finally, we can run our client::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ python synchronous_client.py
 
 and get this output::
@@ -258,8 +254,6 @@ This means, we wait until each pages has been retrieved before asking for
 the next.
 Let's run it from the command-line to see what happens::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ async_client_blocking.py
     It took 11.06 seconds for a total waiting time of 11.00.
     Waited for 1.00 seconds.
@@ -326,8 +320,6 @@ So, for a list with 100 tasks it would mean:
 
 Let's see if we got any faster::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ async_client_nonblocking.py
     It took 5.08 seconds for a total waiting time of 11.00.
     Waited for 1.00 seconds.
@@ -367,8 +359,6 @@ The library aiohttp_ allows to write HTTP client and server applications,
 using a high-level approach.
 Install with::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ pip install aiohttp
 
 
@@ -419,8 +409,6 @@ to ``fetch_page()`` as the first argument.
 
 Finally, we run this program::
 
-.. highlight:: bash
-
     $ python aiohttp_client.py
     It took 5.04 seconds for a total waiting time of 11.00.
     Waited for 1.00 seconds.