diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c8a3d902..d77c0212 100644
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+++ b/README.rst
@@ -69,36 +69,35 @@ Beware, cssutils is known to be thread unsafe.
 
 Example
 =======
-::
-
-    import cssutils
-
-    css = '''/* a comment with umlaut ä */
-         @namespace html "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
-         @variables { BG: #fff }
-         html|a { color:red; background: var(BG) }'''
-    sheet = cssutils.parseString(css)
-
-    for rule in sheet:
-        if rule.type == rule.STYLE_RULE:
-            # find property
-            for property in rule.style:
-                if property.name == 'color':
-                    property.value = 'green'
-                    property.priority = 'IMPORTANT'
-                    break
-            # or simply:
-            rule.style['margin'] = '01.0eM' # or: ('1em', 'important')
-
-    sheet.encoding = 'ascii'
-    sheet.namespaces['xhtml'] = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'
-    sheet.namespaces['atom'] = 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
-    sheet.add('atom|title {color: #000000 !important}')
-    sheet.add('@import "sheets/import.css";')
-
-    # cssutils.ser.prefs.resolveVariables == True since 0.9.7b2
-    print sheet.cssText
-
+```python
+import cssutils
+
+css = '''/* a comment with umlaut ä */
+        @namespace html "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
+        @variables { BG: #fff }
+        html|a { color:red; background: var(BG) }'''
+sheet = cssutils.parseString(css)
+
+for rule in sheet:
+    if rule.type == rule.STYLE_RULE:
+        # find property
+        for property in rule.style:
+            if property.name == 'color':
+                property.value = 'green'
+                property.priority = 'IMPORTANT'
+                break
+        # or simply:
+        rule.style['margin'] = '01.0eM' # or: ('1em', 'important')
+
+sheet.encoding = 'ascii'
+sheet.namespaces['xhtml'] = 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'
+sheet.namespaces['atom'] = 'http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'
+sheet.add('atom|title {color: #000000 !important}')
+sheet.add('@import "sheets/import.css";')
+
+# cssutils.ser.prefs.resolveVariables == True since 0.9.7b2
+print sheet.cssText
+```
 results in::
 
 	@charset "ascii";