diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial.txt
index d1c4cdb8e4..eb62df56a8 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial.txt
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ model:
 
 This command should produce the following output:
 
-.. console::
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     BEGIN;
     --
@@ -686,12 +686,13 @@ __ https://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/32140/
 
     .. code-block:: pycon
 
-        from django.db import connection
-        # or if you're querying a non-default database:
-        from django.db import connections
-        connection = connections['your_gis_db_alias']
-
-        City.objects.raw('SELECT id, name, %s as point from myapp_city' % (connection.ops.select % 'point'))
+        >>> from django.db import connection
+        >>> # or if you're querying a non-default database:
+        >>> from django.db import connections
+        >>> connection = connections["your_gis_db_alias"]
+        >>> City.objects.raw(
+        ...     "SELECT id, name, %s as point from myapp_city" % (connection.ops.select % "point")
+        ... )
 
     You should only use raw queries when you know exactly what you're doing.
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt b/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
index 4b7881ae58..9d85442d9c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
@@ -755,9 +755,7 @@ should avoid them if possible.
     your SQL with user-provided data.
 
     You also must not quote placeholders in the SQL string. This example is
-    vulnerable to SQL injection because of the quotes around ``%s``:
-
-    .. code-block:: pycon
+    vulnerable to SQL injection because of the quotes around ``%s``::
 
         RawSQL("select col from sometable where othercol = '%s'")  # unsafe!
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/request-response.txt b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
index 0a73e644da..15e0639fae 100644
--- a/docs/ref/request-response.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/request-response.txt
@@ -1090,13 +1090,12 @@ Custom response classes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you find yourself needing a response class that Django doesn't provide, you
-can create it with the help of :py:class:`http.HTTPStatus`. For example:
-
-.. code-block:: pycon
+can create it with the help of :py:class:`http.HTTPStatus`. For example::
 
     from http import HTTPStatus
     from django.http import HttpResponse
 
+
     class HttpResponseNoContent(HttpResponse):
         status_code = HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index 6af68aebca..03c8e61d20 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -519,11 +519,10 @@ Use of both ``and`` and ``or`` clauses within the same tag is allowed, with
 
     {% if athlete_list and coach_list or cheerleader_list %}
 
-will be interpreted like:
+will be interpreted like::
 
-.. code-block:: pycon
-
-    if (athlete_list and coach_list) or cheerleader_list
+    if (athlete_list and coach_list) or cheerleader_list:
+        ...
 
 Use of actual parentheses in the :ttag:`if` tag is invalid syntax. If you need
 them to indicate precedence, you should use nested :ttag:`if` tags.