diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 962706af30d2a..8d113b4465a9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ For OS X, you need [the latest Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download
 
 For Ubuntu, you'll need the following development dependencies:
 
-    sudo apt-get install git cmake ninja-build clang uuid-dev libicu-dev icu-devtools libbsd-dev libedit-dev libxml2-dev libsqlite3-dev swig libpython-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install git cmake ninja-build clang uuid-dev libicu-dev icu-devtools libbsd-dev libedit-dev libxml2-dev libsqlite3-dev swig libpython-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config
+```
 
 Note: LLDB currently requires at least swig-1.3.40 but will successfully build
 with version 2 shipped with Ubuntu.
@@ -60,22 +62,25 @@ with version 2 shipped with Ubuntu.
 If you are building on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you'll need to upgrade your clang
 compiler for C++14 support and create a symlink:
 
-     sudo apt-get install clang-3.6
-     sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-3.6 100
-     sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-3.6 100
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install clang-3.6
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-3.6 100
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-3.6 100
+```
 
 ### Getting Sources for Swift and Related Projects
 
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift.git swift
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-llvm.git llvm
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-clang.git clang
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-lldb.git lldb
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-cmark.git cmark
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-llbuild.git llbuild
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-package-manager.git swiftpm
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-corelibs-xctest.git
-     git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-corelibs-foundation.git
-
+```sh
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift.git swift
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-llvm.git llvm
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-clang.git clang
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-lldb.git lldb
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-cmark.git cmark
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-llbuild.git llbuild
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-package-manager.git swiftpm
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-corelibs-xctest.git
+git clone git@github.com:apple/swift-corelibs-foundation.git
+```
 
 [CMake](http://cmake.org) is the core infrastructure used to configure builds of
 Swift and its companion projects; at least version 2.8.12.2 is required. Your
@@ -84,7 +89,9 @@ On OS X, you can download the [CMake Binary Distribution](https://cmake.org/inst
 bundled as an application, copy it to /Applications, and add the embedded
 command line tools to your `PATH`:
 
-    export PATH=/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/bin:$PATH
+```sh
+export PATH=/Applications/CMake.app/Contents/bin:$PATH
+```
 
 [Ninja](http://martine.github.io/ninja/) is the current recommended build system
 for building Swift and is the default configuration generated by CMake. If