diff --git a/plugins/Alias/README.md b/plugins/Alias/README.md
index cb4269571..f8d0eed59 100644
--- a/plugins/Alias/README.md
+++ b/plugins/Alias/README.md
@@ -6,18 +6,22 @@ nested commands are not immediately run.
 Basic usage
 -----------
 
-Add an alias, trout, which expects a word as an argument
+Add an alias, `trout`, which expects a word as an argument
 
+```
 <jamessan> @alias add trout "action slaps $1 with a large trout"
 <bot> jamessan: The operation succeeded.
 <jamessan> @trout me
 * bot slaps me with a large trout
+```
 
-Add an alias, lastfm, which expects a last.fm user and replies with
+Add an alias, `lastfm`, which expects a last.fm user and replies with
 their recently played items.
 
+```
 @alias add lastfm "rss [format concat http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/ [format concat [urlquote $1] /recenttracks.rss]]"
+```
 
 Note that if the nested commands being aliased hadn't been quoted, then
-those commands would have been run immediately, and @lastfm would always
+those commands would have been run immediately, and `@lastfm` would always
 reply with the same information, the result of those commands.