diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-lookups.txt b/docs/howto/custom-lookups.txt
index 7504997ed5..efa9685522 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-lookups.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-lookups.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ A simple lookup example
 
 Let's start with a simple custom lookup. We will write a custom lookup ``ne``
 which works opposite to ``exact``. ``Author.objects.filter(name__ne='Jack')``
-will translate to the SQL::
+will translate to the SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
   "author"."name" <> 'Jack'
 
@@ -124,14 +126,18 @@ Next, let's register it for ``IntegerField``::
   IntegerField.register_lookup(AbsoluteValue)
 
 We can now run the queries we had before.
-``Experiment.objects.filter(change__abs=27)`` will generate the following SQL::
+``Experiment.objects.filter(change__abs=27)`` will generate the following SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE ABS("experiments"."change") = 27
 
 By using ``Transform`` instead of ``Lookup`` it means we are able to chain
 further lookups afterwards. So
 ``Experiment.objects.filter(change__abs__lt=27)`` will generate the following
-SQL::
+SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE ABS("experiments"."change") < 27
 
@@ -139,12 +145,16 @@ Note that in case there is no other lookup specified, Django interprets
 ``change__abs=27`` as ``change__abs__exact=27``.
 
 This also allows the result to be used in ``ORDER BY`` and ``DISTINCT ON``
-clauses. For example ``Experiment.objects.order_by('change__abs')`` generates::
+clauses. For example ``Experiment.objects.order_by('change__abs')`` generates:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... ORDER BY ABS("experiments"."change") ASC
 
 And on databases that support distinct on fields (such as PostgreSQL),
-``Experiment.objects.distinct('change__abs')`` generates::
+``Experiment.objects.distinct('change__abs')`` generates:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... DISTINCT ON ABS("experiments"."change")
 
@@ -178,7 +188,9 @@ indexes efficiently in some cases. In particular, when we use
 ``change__lt=27``. (For the ``lte`` case we could use the SQL ``BETWEEN``).
 
 So we would like ``Experiment.objects.filter(change__abs__lt=27)`` to generate
-the following SQL::
+the following SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT .. WHERE "experiments"."change" < 27 AND "experiments"."change" > -27
 
@@ -253,7 +265,9 @@ Next, let's register it::
   TextField.register_lookup(UpperCase)
 
 Now, the queryset ``Author.objects.filter(name__upper="doe")`` will generate a case
-insensitive query like this::
+insensitive query like this:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE UPPER("author"."name") = UPPER('doe')
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index e6bb91cf5c..81e18e9a60 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -1273,7 +1273,9 @@ subclass::
     word must be in at least one of ``search_fields``. For example, if
     ``search_fields`` is set to ``['first_name', 'last_name']`` and a user
     searches for ``john lennon``, Django will do the equivalent of this SQL
-    ``WHERE`` clause::
+    ``WHERE`` clause:
+
+    .. code-block:: sql
 
         WHERE (first_name ILIKE '%john%' OR last_name ILIKE '%john%')
         AND (first_name ILIKE '%lennon%' OR last_name ILIKE '%lennon%')
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.txt
index e8a488a323..1211c2c173 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/geoquerysets.txt
@@ -445,11 +445,15 @@ Geometry example::
     # the intersection pattern (the pattern here is for 'contains').
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__relate=(geom, 'T*T***FF*'))
 
-PostGIS SQL equivalent::
+PostGIS SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE ST_Relate(poly, geom, 'T*T***FF*')
 
-SpatiaLite SQL equivalent::
+SpatiaLite SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE Relate(poly, geom, 'T*T***FF*')
 
@@ -458,7 +462,9 @@ Raster example::
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__relate=(rast, 1, 'T*T***FF*'))
     Zipcode.objects.filter(rast__2__relate=(rast, 1, 'T*T***FF*'))
 
-PostGIS SQL equivalent::
+PostGIS SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE ST_Relate(poly, ST_Polygon(rast, 1), 'T*T***FF*')
     SELECT ... WHERE ST_Relate(ST_Polygon(rast, 2), ST_Polygon(rast, 1), 'T*T***FF*')
@@ -477,7 +483,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__relate=(geom, 'anyinteract'))
 
-Oracle SQL equivalent::
+Oracle SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE SDO_RELATE(poly, geom, 'anyinteract')
 
@@ -552,7 +560,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__left=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly << geom
 
@@ -571,7 +581,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__right=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly >> geom
 
@@ -590,7 +602,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__overlaps_left=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly &< geom
 
@@ -610,7 +624,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__overlaps_right=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly &> geom
 
@@ -629,7 +645,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__overlaps_above=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly |&> geom
 
@@ -648,7 +666,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__overlaps_below=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly &<| geom
 
@@ -667,7 +687,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__strictly_above=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly |>> geom
 
@@ -686,7 +708,9 @@ Example::
 
     Zipcode.objects.filter(poly__strictly_below=geom)
 
-PostGIS equivalent::
+PostGIS equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE poly <<| geom
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt b/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
index fc26a5c18c..96de2f3e6c 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/expressions.txt
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ or they can be used to build a library of database functions::
     queryset.annotate(field_lower=Lower('field'))
 
 But both cases will result in a queryset where each model is annotated with an
-extra attribute ``field_lower`` produced, roughly, from the following SQL::
+extra attribute ``field_lower`` produced, roughly, from the following SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT
         ...
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
index 6428576cbc..493ecf70dd 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/querysets.txt
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ AND whose ``headline`` is "Hello"::
 
     Entry.objects.exclude(pub_date__gt=datetime.date(2005, 1, 3), headline='Hello')
 
-In SQL terms, that evaluates to::
+In SQL terms, that evaluates to:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ...
     WHERE NOT (pub_date > '2005-1-3' AND headline = 'Hello')
@@ -205,7 +207,9 @@ OR whose headline is "Hello"::
 
     Entry.objects.exclude(pub_date__gt=datetime.date(2005, 1, 3)).exclude(headline='Hello')
 
-In SQL terms, that evaluates to::
+In SQL terms, that evaluates to:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ...
     WHERE NOT pub_date > '2005-1-3'
@@ -1308,9 +1312,11 @@ generated by a ``QuerySet``.
     ``params`` in order to protect against SQL injection attacks.
 
     You also must not quote placeholders in the SQL string. This example is
-    vulnerable to SQL injection because of the quotes around ``%s``::
+    vulnerable to SQL injection because of the quotes around ``%s``:
 
-        "select col from sometable where othercol = '%s'"  # unsafe!
+    .. code-block:: sql
+
+        SELECT col FROM sometable WHERE othercol = '%s'  # unsafe!
 
     You can read more about how Django's :ref:`SQL injection protection
     <sql-injection-protection>` works.
@@ -1337,8 +1343,9 @@ of the arguments is required, but you should use at least one of them.
   is greater than Jan. 1, 2006.
 
   Django inserts the given SQL snippet directly into the ``SELECT``
-  statement, so the resulting SQL of the above example would be something
-  like::
+  statement, so the resulting SQL of the above example would be something like:
+
+  .. code-block:: sql
 
       SELECT blog_entry.*, (pub_date > '2006-01-01') AS is_recent
       FROM blog_entry;
@@ -1357,7 +1364,9 @@ of the arguments is required, but you should use at least one of them.
   In this particular case, we're exploiting the fact that the query will
   already contain the ``blog_blog`` table in its ``FROM`` clause.
 
-  The resulting SQL of the above example would be::
+  The resulting SQL of the above example would be:
+
+  .. code-block:: sql
 
       SELECT blog_blog.*, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM blog_entry WHERE blog_entry.blog_id = blog_blog.id) AS entry_count
       FROM blog_blog;
@@ -1394,7 +1403,9 @@ of the arguments is required, but you should use at least one of them.
 
       Entry.objects.extra(where=["foo='a' OR bar = 'a'", "baz = 'a'"])
 
-  ...translates (roughly) into the following SQL::
+  ...translates (roughly) into the following SQL:
+
+  .. code-block:: sql
 
       SELECT * FROM blog_entry WHERE (foo='a' OR bar='a') AND (baz='a')
 
@@ -2622,7 +2633,9 @@ Examples::
     Entry.objects.get(id__exact=14)
     Entry.objects.get(id__exact=None)
 
-SQL equivalents::
+SQL equivalents:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE id = 14;
     SELECT ... WHERE id IS NULL;
@@ -2650,7 +2663,9 @@ Example::
     Blog.objects.get(name__iexact='beatles blog')
     Blog.objects.get(name__iexact=None)
 
-SQL equivalents::
+SQL equivalents:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE name ILIKE 'beatles blog';
     SELECT ... WHERE name IS NULL;
@@ -2675,7 +2690,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.get(headline__contains='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline LIKE '%Lennon%';
 
@@ -2700,7 +2717,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.get(headline__icontains='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline ILIKE '%Lennon%';
 
@@ -2722,7 +2741,9 @@ Examples::
     Entry.objects.filter(id__in=[1, 3, 4])
     Entry.objects.filter(headline__in='abc')
 
-SQL equivalents::
+SQL equivalents:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE id IN (1, 3, 4);
     SELECT ... WHERE headline IN ('a', 'b', 'c');
@@ -2733,7 +2754,9 @@ instead of providing a list of literal values::
     inner_qs = Blog.objects.filter(name__contains='Cheddar')
     entries = Entry.objects.filter(blog__in=inner_qs)
 
-This queryset will be evaluated as subselect statement::
+This queryset will be evaluated as subselect statement:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE blog.id IN (SELECT id FROM ... WHERE NAME LIKE '%Cheddar%')
 
@@ -2782,7 +2805,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(id__gt=4)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE id > 4;
 
@@ -2818,7 +2843,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(headline__startswith='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline LIKE 'Lennon%';
 
@@ -2836,7 +2863,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(headline__istartswith='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline ILIKE 'Lennon%';
 
@@ -2856,7 +2885,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(headline__endswith='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline LIKE '%Lennon';
 
@@ -2877,7 +2908,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(headline__iendswith='Lennon')
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE headline ILIKE '%Lennon'
 
@@ -2900,7 +2933,9 @@ Example::
     end_date = datetime.date(2005, 3, 31)
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__range=(start_date, end_date))
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE pub_date BETWEEN '2005-01-01' and '2005-03-31';
 
@@ -2912,7 +2947,9 @@ numbers and even characters.
     Filtering a ``DateTimeField`` with dates won't include items on the last
     day, because the bounds are interpreted as "0am on the given date". If
     ``pub_date`` was a ``DateTimeField``, the above expression would be turned
-    into this SQL::
+    into this SQL:
+
+    .. code-block:: sql
 
         SELECT ... WHERE pub_date BETWEEN '2005-01-01 00:00:00' and '2005-03-31 00:00:00';
 
@@ -2950,7 +2987,9 @@ Example::
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__year=2005)
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__year__gte=2005)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE pub_date BETWEEN '2005-01-01' AND '2005-12-31';
     SELECT ... WHERE pub_date >= '2005-01-01';
@@ -2993,7 +3032,9 @@ Example::
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__month=12)
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__month__gte=6)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('month' FROM pub_date) = '12';
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('month' FROM pub_date) >= '6';
@@ -3017,7 +3058,9 @@ Example::
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__day=3)
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__day__gte=3)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('day' FROM pub_date) = '3';
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('day' FROM pub_date) >= '3';
@@ -3131,7 +3174,9 @@ Example::
     Event.objects.filter(time__hour=5)
     Event.objects.filter(timestamp__hour__gte=12)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('hour' FROM timestamp) = '23';
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('hour' FROM time) = '5';
@@ -3156,7 +3201,9 @@ Example::
     Event.objects.filter(time__minute=46)
     Event.objects.filter(timestamp__minute__gte=29)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('minute' FROM timestamp) = '29';
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('minute' FROM time) = '46';
@@ -3181,7 +3228,9 @@ Example::
     Event.objects.filter(time__second=2)
     Event.objects.filter(timestamp__second__gte=31)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('second' FROM timestamp) = '31';
     SELECT ... WHERE EXTRACT('second' FROM time) = '2';
@@ -3204,7 +3253,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.filter(pub_date__isnull=True)
 
-SQL equivalent::
+SQL equivalent:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE pub_date IS NULL;
 
@@ -3224,7 +3275,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.get(title__regex=r'^(An?|The) +')
 
-SQL equivalents::
+SQL equivalents:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE title REGEXP BINARY '^(An?|The) +'; -- MySQL
 
@@ -3248,7 +3301,9 @@ Example::
 
     Entry.objects.get(title__iregex=r'^(an?|the) +')
 
-SQL equivalents::
+SQL equivalents:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT ... WHERE title REGEXP '^(an?|the) +'; -- MySQL
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/queries.txt b/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
index bcdaaea359..7c2e6c1657 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/queries.txt
@@ -840,7 +840,9 @@ together. For example::
         Q(pub_date=date(2005, 5, 2)) | Q(pub_date=date(2005, 5, 6))
     )
 
-... roughly translates into the SQL::
+... roughly translates into the SQL:
+
+.. code-block:: sql
 
     SELECT * from polls WHERE question LIKE 'Who%'
         AND (pub_date = '2005-05-02' OR pub_date = '2005-05-06')