diff --git a/docs/cors.md b/docs/cors.md
index 19879ce445..187d950e7a 100644
--- a/docs/cors.md
+++ b/docs/cors.md
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ AWX supports custom CORS headers via the Django CORS Middleware
 
 To define CORS-specific settings, add them to ``/etc/tower/conf.d/cors.py``:
 
-    CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
-        'hostname.example.com',
-        '127.0.0.1:9000'
-    )
+```python
+CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = (
+    'hostname.example.com',
+    '127.0.0.1:9000'
+)
+```
 
 ...and restart all AWX services for changes to take effect.