diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 18cdc9333..94a7b25b9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -141,3 +141,59 @@ epub_title = project
 
 # A list of files that should not be packed into the epub file.
 epub_exclude_files = ["search.html"]
+
+from pygments.lexer import bygroups, inherit, using
+from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer
+from pygments.lexers.javascript import JavascriptLexer
+from pygments.lexers.html import HtmlLexer
+from pygments.token import *
+
+
+class PyodideLexer(JavascriptLexer):
+    tokens = {
+        "root": [
+            (
+                rf"""(pyodide)(\.)(runPython|runPythonAsync)(\()(`)""",
+                bygroups(
+                    Token.Name,
+                    Token.Operator,
+                    Token.Name,
+                    Token.Punctuation,
+                    Token.Literal.String.Single,
+                ),
+                "python-code",
+            ),
+            inherit,
+        ],
+        "python-code": [
+            (
+                r"(.+?)(`)(\))",
+                bygroups(
+                    using(PythonLexer), Token.Literal.String.Single, Token.Punctuation
+                ),
+                "#pop",
+            )
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+class HtmlPyodideLexer(HtmlLexer):
+    tokens = {
+        "script-content": [
+            (
+                r"(<)(\s*)(/)(\s*)(script)(\s*)(>)",
+                bygroups(
+                    Punctuation, Text, Punctuation, Text, Name.Tag, Text, Punctuation
+                ),
+                "#pop",
+            ),
+            (r".+?(?=<\s*/\s*script\s*>)", using(PyodideLexer)),
+            (r".+?\n", using(PyodideLexer), "#pop"),
+            (r".+", using(PyodideLexer), "#pop"),
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_lexer("pyodide", PyodideLexer)
+    app.add_lexer("html-pyodide", HtmlPyodideLexer)
diff --git a/docs/usage/faq.md b/docs/usage/faq.md
index 183ec4799..42d6dce86 100644
--- a/docs/usage/faq.md
+++ b/docs/usage/faq.md
@@ -36,17 +36,15 @@ async function runPythonAsync(code, messageCallback, errorCallback) {
 ```
 To make your own version of `runPython`:
 
-```javascript
-pyodide.runPython(
-  `
+```pyodide
+pyodide.runPython(`
   import pyodide
   old_eval_code = pyodide.eval_code
   def my_eval_code(code, ns):
     extra_info = None
     result = old_eval_code(code, ns)
     return [ns["extra_info"], result]
-  `
-)
+`)
 
 function myRunPython(code){
   return pyodide.globals.my_eval_code(code, pyodide.globals);
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ and returns a list of packages imported.
 ## How can I execute code in a custom namespace?
 The second argument to `eval_code` is a namespace to execute the code in.
 The namespace is a python dictionary. So you can use:
-```javascript
+```pyodide
 pyodide.runPython(`
 my_namespace = { "x" : 2, "y" : 7 }
 def eval_in_my_namespace(code):
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ let my_module = {
 pyodide.registerJsModule("my_js_module", my_module);
 ```
 You can import your package like a normal Python package:
-```
+```py
 import my_js_module
 from my_js_module.submodule import h, c
 assert my_js_module.f(7) == 50
diff --git a/docs/usage/quickstart.md b/docs/usage/quickstart.md
index 07b04ca22..a0a72dfa7 100644
--- a/docs/usage/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/usage/quickstart.md
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ is a `Promise`, which you must call `then` on to complete initialization. When
 the promise resolves, pyodide will have installed a namespace in global scope:
 `pyodide`.
 
-```javascript
+```pyodide
 languagePluginLoader.then(() => {
   // pyodide is now ready to use...
-  console.log(pyodide.runPython('import sys\nsys.version'));
+  console.log(pyodide.runPython(`import sys\nsys.version`));
 });
 ```
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function. It takes as input a string of Python
 code. If the code ends in an expression, it returns the result of the
 expression, converted to Javascript objects (see {ref}`type_conversions`).
 
-```javascript
+```pyodide
 pyodide.runPython(`
 import sys
 sys.version
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ See {ref}`loading_packages` documentation to load additional packages.
 ## Complete example
 
 Create and save a test `index.html` page with the following contents:
-```html
+```html-pyodide
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Create and save a test `index.html` page with the following contents:
                   import sys
                   sys.version
               `));
-              console.log(pyodide.runPython('print(1 + 2)'));
+              console.log(pyodide.runPython(`print(1 + 2)`));
           });
     </script>
   </body>