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diff --git a/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst b/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst
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@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 Sphinx Quickstart Template
 ==========================
 
-.. sectionauthor:: Sean Silva <silvas@purdue.edu>
-
 Introduction and Quickstart
 ===========================
 
@@ -107,16 +105,32 @@ You can make blocks of code like this:
      return 0
    }
 
-For a shell session, use a ``bash`` code block:
+For a shell session, use a ``console`` code block (some existing docs use
+``bash``):
 
-.. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block:: console
 
    $ echo "Goodbye cruel world!"
    $ rm -rf /
 
 If you need to show LLVM IR use the ``llvm`` code block.
 
-You can show preformatted text without any syntax highlighting like this:
+.. code-block:: llvm
+
+   define i32 @test1() {
+   entry:
+     ret i32 0
+   }
+
+Some other common code blocks you might need are ``c``, ``objc``, ``make``,
+and ``cmake``. If you need something beyond that, you can look at the `full
+list`_ of supported code blocks.
+
+.. _`full list`: http://pygments.org/docs/lexers/
+
+However, don't waste time fiddling with syntax highlighting when you could
+be adding meaningful content. When in doubt, show preformatted text
+without any syntax highlighting like this:
 
 ::