diff --git a/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file.md b/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file.md
index 7d2286cd69a..b9e7c69f3a0 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/issues/1755
 
 ## Example kubeconfig file
 
-```
+```yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
@@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ See [kubectl/kubectl_config.md](kubectl/kubectl_config.md) for help.
 
 ### Example
 
-```
-$kubectl config set-credentials myself --username=admin --password=secret
-$kubectl config set-cluster local-server --server=http://localhost:8080
-$kubectl config set-context default-context --cluster=local-server --user=myself
-$kubectl config use-context default-context
-$kubectl config set contexts.default-context.namespace the-right-prefix
-$kubectl config view
+```console
+$ kubectl config set-credentials myself --username=admin --password=secret
+$ kubectl config set-cluster local-server --server=http://localhost:8080
+$ kubectl config set-context default-context --cluster=local-server --user=myself
+$ kubectl config use-context default-context
+$ kubectl config set contexts.default-context.namespace the-right-prefix
+$ kubectl config view
 ```
 
 produces this output
 
-```
+```yaml
 clusters:
   local-server:
     server: http://localhost:8080
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ users:
 
 and a kubeconfig file that looks like this
 
-```
+```yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
 - cluster:
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ users:
 
 #### Commands for the example file
 
-```
-$kubectl config set preferences.colors true
-$kubectl config set-cluster cow-cluster --server=http://cow.org:8080 --api-version=v1
-$kubectl config set-cluster horse-cluster --server=https://horse.org:4443 --certificate-authority=path/to/my/cafile
-$kubectl config set-cluster pig-cluster --server=https://pig.org:443 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
-$kubectl config set-credentials blue-user --token=blue-token
-$kubectl config set-credentials green-user --client-certificate=path/to/my/client/cert --client-key=path/to/my/client/key
-$kubectl config set-context queen-anne-context --cluster=pig-cluster --user=black-user --namespace=saw-ns
-$kubectl config set-context federal-context --cluster=horse-cluster --user=green-user --namespace=chisel-ns
-$kubectl config use-context federal-context
+```console
+$ kubectl config set preferences.colors true
+$ kubectl config set-cluster cow-cluster --server=http://cow.org:8080 --api-version=v1
+$ kubectl config set-cluster horse-cluster --server=https://horse.org:4443 --certificate-authority=path/to/my/cafile
+$ kubectl config set-cluster pig-cluster --server=https://pig.org:443 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
+$ kubectl config set-credentials blue-user --token=blue-token
+$ kubectl config set-credentials green-user --client-certificate=path/to/my/client/cert --client-key=path/to/my/client/key
+$ kubectl config set-context queen-anne-context --cluster=pig-cluster --user=black-user --namespace=saw-ns
+$ kubectl config set-context federal-context --cluster=horse-cluster --user=green-user --namespace=chisel-ns
+$ kubectl config use-context federal-context
 ```