diff --git a/docco.js b/docco.js
index 68c94f17..daa16c49 100644
--- a/docco.js
+++ b/docco.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.9.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.9.3
 (function() {
   var Docco, _, buildMatchers, commander, configure, defaults, document, format, fs, getLanguage, highlightjs, languages, marked, parse, path, run, version, write,
     slice = [].slice;
@@ -58,18 +58,20 @@
   };
 
   parse = function(source, code, config) {
-    var codeText, docsText, hasCode, i, isText, j, k, lang, len, len1, line, lines, match, maybeCode, save, sections;
+    var codeText, docsText, hasCode, i, isText, j, k, klass, lang, len, len1, line, lines, match, maybeCode, save, sections;
     if (config == null) {
       config = {};
     }
     lines = code.split('\n');
     sections = [];
     lang = getLanguage(source, config);
+    klass = lang.name;
     hasCode = docsText = codeText = '';
     save = function() {
       sections.push({
         docsText: docsText,
-        codeText: codeText
+        codeText: codeText,
+        klass: klass
       });
       return hasCode = docsText = codeText = '';
     };
diff --git a/docco.litcoffee b/docco.litcoffee
index d15f3fa7..5bf4b4c2 100644
--- a/docco.litcoffee
+++ b/docco.litcoffee
@@ -116,10 +116,11 @@ individual **section** for it. Each section is an object with `docsText` and
       lines    = code.split '\n'
       sections = []
       lang     = getLanguage source, config
+      klass    = lang.name
       hasCode  = docsText = codeText = ''
 
       save = ->
-        sections.push {docsText, codeText}
+        sections.push {docsText, codeText, klass}
         hasCode = docsText = codeText = ''
 
 Our quick-and-dirty implementation of the literate programming style. Simply
diff --git a/resources/plain-markdown/docco.jst b/resources/plain-markdown/docco.jst
index b13d1120..6341c008 100644
--- a/resources/plain-markdown/docco.jst
+++ b/resources/plain-markdown/docco.jst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 <% if (!(/^\s*$/).test(section.codeText)) { %>  
 
-```
+``` {.<%= section.klass %>}
 <%= section.codeText %>
 ```