diff --git a/docs/installation/docker.md b/docs/installation/docker.md
index efc9685a9..25f12fe7f 100644
--- a/docs/installation/docker.md
+++ b/docs/installation/docker.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ This guide demonstrates how to build and run NetBox as a Docker container. It as
 
 To get NetBox up and running:
 
-```
-git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git
-cd netbox
-docker-compose up -d
+```shell
+# git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git
+# cd netbox
+# docker-compose up -d
 ```
 
 The application will be available on http://localhost/ after a few minutes.
diff --git a/docs/installation/ldap.md b/docs/installation/ldap.md
index 5a90ec5e3..2389464e7 100644
--- a/docs/installation/ldap.md
+++ b/docs/installation/ldap.md
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ built-in Django users in the event of a failure.
 
 On Ubuntu:
 
-```
+```shell
 sudo apt-get install -y python-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libssl-dev
 ```
 
 On CentOS:
 
-```
+```shell
 sudo yum install -y python-devel openldap-devel
 ```
 
 ## Install django-auth-ldap
 
-```
+```shell
 sudo pip install django-auth-ldap
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/installation/netbox.md b/docs/installation/netbox.md
index 042943cce..5040a27dc 100644
--- a/docs/installation/netbox.md
+++ b/docs/installation/netbox.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 **CentOS/RHEL**
 
-```
+```shell
 # yum install -y epel-release
 # yum install -y gcc python2 python-devel python-pip libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libffi-devel graphviz openssl-devel
 ```
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ You may opt to install NetBox either from a numbered release or by cloning the m
 
 Download the [latest stable release](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/releases) from GitHub as a tarball or ZIP archive and extract it to your desired path. In this example, we'll use `/opt/netbox`.
 
-```
+```shell
 # wget https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/archive/vX.Y.Z.tar.gz
 # tar -xzf vX.Y.Z.tar.gz -C /opt
 # cd /opt/
@@ -31,28 +31,27 @@ Download the [latest stable release](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/rele
 
 Create the base directory for the NetBox installation. For this guide, we'll use `/opt/netbox`.
 
-```
-# mkdir -p /opt/netbox/
-# cd /opt/netbox/
+```shell
+# mkdir -p /opt/netbox/ && cd /opt/netbox/
 ```
 
 If `git` is not already installed, install it:
 
 **Debian/Ubuntu**
 
-```
+```shell
 # apt-get install -y git
 ```
 
 **CentOS/RHEL**
 
-```
+```shell
 # yum install -y git
 ```
 
 Next, clone the **master** branch of the NetBox GitHub repository into the current directory:
 
-```
+```shell
 # git clone -b master https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox.git .
 Cloning into '.'...
 remote: Counting objects: 1994, done.
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ Checking connectivity... done.
 
 Install the required Python packages using pip. (If you encounter any compilation errors during this step, ensure that you've installed all of the system dependencies listed above.)
 
-```
+```shell
 # pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ Install the required Python packages using pip. (If you encounter any compilatio
 
 Move into the NetBox configuration directory and make a copy of `configuration.example.py` named `configuration.py`.
 
-```
+```shell
 # cd netbox/netbox/
 # cp configuration.example.py configuration.py
 ```
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ This is a list of the valid hostnames by which this server can be reached. You m
 
 Example:
 
-```
+```python
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['netbox.example.com', '192.0.2.123']
 ```
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ This parameter holds the database configuration details. You must define the use
 
 Example:
 
-```
+```python
 DATABASE = {
     'NAME': 'netbox',               # Database name
     'USER': 'netbox',               # PostgreSQL username
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ You may use the script located at `netbox/generate_secret_key.py` to generate a
 
 Before NetBox can run, we need to install the database schema. This is done by running `./manage.py migrate` from the `netbox` directory (`/opt/netbox/netbox/` in our example):
 
-```
+```shell
 # cd /opt/netbox/netbox/
 # ./manage.py migrate
 Operations to perform:
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ If this step results in a PostgreSQL authentication error, ensure that the usern
 
 NetBox does not come with any predefined user accounts. You'll need to create a super user to be able to log into NetBox:
 
-```
+```shell
 # ./manage.py createsuperuser
 Username: admin
 Email address: admin@example.com
@@ -155,7 +154,7 @@ Superuser created successfully.
 
 # Collect Static Files
 
-```
+```shell
 # ./manage.py collectstatic
 
 You have requested to collect static files at the destination
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ NetBox ships with some initial data to help you get started: RIR definitions, co
 !!! note
     This step is optional. It's perfectly fine to start using NetBox without using this initial data if you'd rather create everything from scratch.
 
-```
+```shell
 # ./manage.py loaddata initial_data
 Installed 43 object(s) from 4 fixture(s)
 ```
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ Installed 43 object(s) from 4 fixture(s)
 
 At this point, NetBox should be able to run. We can verify this by starting a development instance:
 
-```
+```shell
 # ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --insecure
 Performing system checks...
 
diff --git a/docs/installation/postgresql.md b/docs/installation/postgresql.md
index a4c898bad..71b62c7cc 100644
--- a/docs/installation/postgresql.md
+++ b/docs/installation/postgresql.md
@@ -4,27 +4,27 @@ NetBox requires a PostgreSQL database to store data. MySQL is not supported, as
 
 **Debian/Ubuntu**
 
-```
+```shell
 # apt-get install -y postgresql libpq-dev python-psycopg2
 ```
 
 **CentOS/RHEL**
 
-```
+```shell
 # yum install -y postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-devel python-psycopg2
 # postgresql-setup initdb
 ```
 
 If using CentOS, modify the PostgreSQL configuration to accept password-based authentication by replacing `ident` with `md5` for all host entries within `/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf`. For example:
 
-```
+```text
 host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5
 host    all             all             ::1/128                 md5
 ```
 
 Then, start the service:
 
-```
+```shell
 # systemctl start postgresql
 ```
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ At a minimum, we need to create a database for NetBox and assign it a username a
 !!! danger
     DO NOT USE THE PASSWORD FROM THE EXAMPLE.
 
-```
+```shell
 # sudo -u postgres psql
 psql (9.3.13)
 Type "help" for help.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ postgres=# \q
 
 You can verify that authentication works issuing the following command and providing the configured password:
 
-```
+```shell
 # psql -U netbox -h localhost -W
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/installation/upgrading.md b/docs/installation/upgrading.md
index 303915dc7..0d28b4eb2 100644
--- a/docs/installation/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/installation/upgrading.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Download the [latest stable release](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/rele
 
 Download and extract the latest version:
 
-```
+```shell
 # wget https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox/archive/vX.Y.Z.tar.gz
 # tar -xzf vX.Y.Z.tar.gz -C /opt
 # cd /opt/
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ Download and extract the latest version:
 
 Copy the 'configuration.py' you created when first installing to the new version:
 
-```
+```shell
 # cp /opt/netbox-X.Y.Z/netbox/netbox/configuration.py /opt/netbox/netbox/netbox/configuration.py
 ```
 
 If you followed the original installation guide to set up gunicorn, be sure to copy its configuration as well:
 
-```
+```shell
 # cp /opt/netbox-X.Y.Z/gunicorn_config.py /opt/netbox/gunicorn_config.py
 ```
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ If you followed the original installation guide to set up gunicorn, be sure to c
 
 This guide assumes that NetBox is installed at `/opt/netbox`. Pull down the most recent iteration of the master branch:
 
-```
+```shell
 # cd /opt/netbox
 # git checkout master
 # git pull origin master
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ This guide assumes that NetBox is installed at `/opt/netbox`. Pull down the most
 
 Once the new code is in place, run the upgrade script (which may need to be run as root depending on how your environment is configured).
 
-```
+```shell
 # ./upgrade.sh
 ```
 
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ This script:
 
 Finally, restart the WSGI service to run the new code. If you followed this guide for the initial installation, this is done using `supervisorctl`:
 
-```
+```shell
 # sudo supervisorctl restart netbox
 ```
diff --git a/docs/installation/web-server.md b/docs/installation/web-server.md
index 559928888..35a5e8c5d 100644
--- a/docs/installation/web-server.md
+++ b/docs/installation/web-server.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ We'll set up a simple WSGI front end using [gunicorn](http://gunicorn.org/) for
 !!! info
     Only Debian/Ubuntu instructions are provided here, but the installation process for CentOS/RHEL does not differ much. Please consult the documentation for those distributions for details.
 
-```
+```shell
 # apt-get install -y gunicorn supervisor
 ```
 
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ We'll set up a simple WSGI front end using [gunicorn](http://gunicorn.org/) for
 
 The following will serve as a minimal nginx configuration. Be sure to modify your server name and installation path appropriately.
 
-```
+```shell
 # apt-get install -y nginx
 ```
 
 Once nginx is installed, save the following configuration to `/etc/nginx/sites-available/netbox`. Be sure to replace `netbox.example.com` with the domain name or IP address of your installation. (This should match the value configured for `ALLOWED_HOSTS` in `configuration.py`.)
 
-```
+```nginx
 server {
     listen 80;
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ server {
 
 Then, delete `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default` and create a symlink in the `sites-enabled` directory to the configuration file you just created.
 
-```
+```shell
 # cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
 # rm default
 # ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/netbox
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Then, delete `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default` and create a symlink in the `sit
 
 Restart the nginx service to use the new configuration.
 
-```
+```shell
 # service nginx restart
 ```
 
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ To enable SSL, consider this guide on [securing nginx with Let's Encrypt](https:
 
 ## Option B: Apache
 
-```
+```shell
 # apt-get install -y apache2
 ```
 
 Once Apache is installed, proceed with the following configuration (Be sure to modify the `ServerName` appropriately):
 
-```
+```apache
 <VirtualHost *:80>
     ProxyPreserveHost On
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Once Apache is installed, proceed with the following configuration (Be sure to m
 
 Save the contents of the above example in `/etc/apache2/sites-available/netbox.conf`, enable the `proxy` and `proxy_http` modules, and reload Apache:
 
-```
+```shell
 # a2enmod proxy
 # a2enmod proxy_http
 # a2ensite netbox
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ To enable SSL, consider this guide on [securing Apache with Let's Encrypt](https
 
 Save the following configuration file in the root netbox installation path (in this example, `/opt/netbox/`) as `gunicorn_config.py`. Be sure to verify the location of the gunicorn executable (e.g. `which gunicorn`) and to update the `pythonpath` variable if needed. If using CentOS/RHEL change the username from `www-data` to `nginx` or `apache`.
 
-```
+```text
 command = '/usr/bin/gunicorn'
 pythonpath = '/opt/netbox/netbox'
 bind = '127.0.0.1:8001'
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ user = 'www-data'
 
 Save the following as `/etc/supervisor/conf.d/netbox.conf`. Update the `command` and `directory` paths as needed.
 
-```
+```text
 [program:netbox]
 command = gunicorn -c /opt/netbox/gunicorn_config.py netbox.wsgi
 directory = /opt/netbox/netbox/
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ user = www-data
 
 Then, restart the supervisor service to detect and run the gunicorn service:
 
-```
+```shell
 # service supervisor restart
 ```