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diff --git a/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst b/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst
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+++ b/docs/SphinxQuickstartTemplate.rst
@@ -107,17 +107,32 @@ You can make blocks of code like this:
return 0
}
-For a shell session, use a ``console`` code block:
+For a shell session, use a ``console`` code block (some existing docs use
+``bash``):
.. code-block:: console
$ echo "Goodbye cruel world!"
$ rm -rf /
-If you need to show LLVM IR use the ``llvm`` code block. Code blocks of ``c``,
-``c++``, ``objc``, ``bash``, ``makefile`` kinds are supported.
+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:
::
@@ -137,8 +152,6 @@ You can show preformatted text without any syntax highlighting like this:
.++:..
...
-One can also use a ``none`` code block to turn off highlighting.
-
Hopefully you won't need to be this deep
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