diff --git a/manual/src/ch03-05-multicomments.md b/manual/src/ch03-05-multicomments.md
index f330aa27c2642e7672b64ef31ae171559a40b3b9..b1c626d8245b04d0f514ddd740fd6a1ea1370934 100644
--- a/manual/src/ch03-05-multicomments.md
+++ b/manual/src/ch03-05-multicomments.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ If a comment needs to contain newlines, you may do so by having an open quote, a
 begin parsing supplied commands that are terminated. Either double or single quotes may be used
 for this purpose, depending on which quoting rules that you need.
 
+```ion
 echo "This is the first line
-this is the second line
-this is the third line"
-
-
+    this is the second line
+    this is the third line"
+```