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@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ A detailed output will display the suggestions and errors in the documentation.
 
 You can override the Vale version used in the GitHub Action workflow by specifying the version in the YAML template. Below is an example you can use as a reference.
 
-```shell
+```yaml
 vale:
   needs: [run-ci]
   uses: spectrocloud/spectro-vale-pkg/.github/workflows/vale.yml@main