diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
index dc301ba47..376ec783a 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-packages.7.rst
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ It may also provide a CMake package configuration file::
   <prefix>/lib/cmake/foo-1.2/FooConfig.cmake
 
 with content defining :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets, or defining variables, such
-as::
+as:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   # ...
   # (compute PREFIX relative to file location)
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
index d467c36ab..91386605c 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-policies.7.rst
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ The :command:`cmake_minimum_required` command does more than report an
 error if a too-old version of CMake is used to build a project.  It
 also sets all policies introduced in that CMake version or earlier to
 NEW behavior.  To manage policies without increasing the minimum required
-CMake version, the :command:`if(POLICY)` command may be used::
+CMake version, the :command:`if(POLICY)` command may be used:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   if(POLICY CMP0990)
     cmake_policy(SET CMP0990 NEW)
diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst
index fbe546eae..97cd6504c 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-toolchains.7.rst
@@ -22,17 +22,23 @@ Languages
 
 Languages are enabled by the :command:`project` command. If no project command
 is in the top-level CMakeLists file, one will be implicitly generated. By default
-the enabled languages are C and CXX::
+the enabled languages are C and CXX:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   project(C_Only C)
 
 A special value of NONE can also be used with the :command:`project` command
-to enable no languages::
+to enable no languages:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   project(MyProject NONE)
 
 The :command:`enable_language` command can be used to enable languages after the
-:command:`project` command::
+:command:`project` command:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   enable_language(CXX)
 
@@ -86,7 +92,9 @@ Cross Compiling
 If :manual:`cmake(1)` is invoked with the command line parameter
 ``-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=path/to/file``, the file will be loaded early to set
 values for the compilers. A typical cross-compiling toolchain has content such
-as::
+as:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
 
@@ -127,7 +135,9 @@ the ``CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_*`` variables.
 
 Some compilers are inherently cross compilers, such as Clang and the QNX QCC
 compiler. The :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_TARGET` can be set to pass a
-value to those supported compilers when compiling::
+value to those supported compilers when compiling:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Linux)
 
@@ -138,7 +148,9 @@ value to those supported compilers when compiling::
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER clang++)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET ${triple})
 
-Or, for QCC::
+Or, for QCC:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
 
   set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME QNX)