diff --git a/cluster/addons/README.md b/cluster/addons/README.md
index 0c74116f1dd..3361f4a6496 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/README.md
+++ b/cluster/addons/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ manifests on the master server. But still, users are discouraged to do it
 on their own - they should rather wait for a new release of
 Kubernetes that will also contain new versions of add-ons.
 
-Each add-on must specify the following label: ````kubernetes.io/cluster-service: true````.
+Each add-on must specify the following label: ```kubernetes.io/cluster-service: true```.
 Yaml files that do not define this label will be ignored.
 
 The naming convention for Replication Controllers is
diff --git a/cmd/mungedocs/preformatted.go b/cmd/mungedocs/preformatted.go
index bd42f71a5bd..515b6e3f2c8 100644
--- a/cmd/mungedocs/preformatted.go
+++ b/cmd/mungedocs/preformatted.go
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package main
 
-import (
-	"bytes"
-)
+import "bytes"
 
 // Blocks of ``` need to have blank lines on both sides or they don't look
 // right in HTML.
diff --git a/cmd/mungedocs/util.go b/cmd/mungedocs/util.go
index 1a756dec0a9..a5fd2847a45 100644
--- a/cmd/mungedocs/util.go
+++ b/cmd/mungedocs/util.go
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-var (
-	// Finds all preformatted block start/stops.
-	preformatRE    = regexp.MustCompile("^[\\s]*```.*")
-	notPreformatRE = regexp.MustCompile("^[\\s]*```.*```.*")
-	preformatEndRE = regexp.MustCompile(".*```.*")
-)
-
 // Splits a document up into a slice of lines.
 func splitLines(document []byte) []string {
 	lines := strings.Split(string(document), "\n")
@@ -141,6 +134,12 @@ type fileBlock struct {
 
 type fileBlocks []fileBlock
 
+var (
+	// Finds all preformatted block start/stops.
+	preformatRE    = regexp.MustCompile("^\\s*```")
+	notPreformatRE = regexp.MustCompile("^\\s*```.*```")
+)
+
 func splitByPreformatted(input []byte) fileBlocks {
 	f := fileBlocks{}
 
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ func splitByPreformatted(input []byte) fileBlocks {
 			cur = append(cur, line...)
 		} else {
 			cur = append(cur, line...)
-			if preformatEndRE.Match(line) {
+			if preformatRE.Match(line) {
 				if len(cur) > 0 {
 					f = append(f, fileBlock{true, cur})
 				}
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/README.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/README.md
index 37fcf184d57..516377bcdc7 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/README.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/rkt/README.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ $ export KUBE_RKT_VERSION=0.5.6
 
 Then you can launch the cluster by:
 
-````shell
+```shell
 $ kube-up.sh
 ```
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ $ export COREOS_CHANNEL=stable
 
 Then you can launch the cluster by:
 
-````shell
+```shell
 $ kube-up.sh
 ```
 
diff --git a/examples/aws_ebs/README.md b/examples/aws_ebs/README.md
index d26a5dab2d7..32e79fe876f 100644
--- a/examples/aws_ebs/README.md
+++ b/examples/aws_ebs/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You should now be able to query your web server:
 ```shell
   $ curl <Pod IP address>
   $ Hello World
-````
+```
 
 
 <!-- BEGIN MUNGE: GENERATED_ANALYTICS -->
diff --git a/examples/hazelcast/README.md b/examples/hazelcast/README.md
index 52c707619e1..59a2b6043ed 100644
--- a/examples/hazelcast/README.md
+++ b/examples/hazelcast/README.md
@@ -236,14 +236,13 @@ Members [2] {
 }
 
 2015-07-10 13:26:47.722  INFO 5 --- [           main] com.hazelcast.core.LifecycleService      : [10.244.77.3]:5701 [someGroup] [3.5] Address[10.244.77.3]:5701 is STARTED
-2015-07-10 13:26:47.723  INFO 5 --- [           main] com.github.pires.hazelcast.Application   : Started Application in 13.792 seconds (JVM running for 14.542)```
+2015-07-10 13:26:47.723  INFO 5 --- [           main] com.github.pires.hazelcast.Application   : Started Application in 13.792 seconds (JVM running for 14.542)
+```
 
 Now let's scale our cluster to 4 nodes:
 
 ```sh
-
 $ kubectl scale rc hazelcast --replicas=4
-
 ```
 
 Examine the status again by checking the logs and you should see the 4 members connected.
@@ -253,7 +252,6 @@ Examine the status again by checking the logs and you should see the 4 members c
 For those of you who are impatient, here is the summary of the commands we ran in this tutorial.
 
 ```sh
-
 # create a service to track all hazelcast nodes
 kubectl create -f examples/hazelcast/hazelcast-service.yaml
 
@@ -265,7 +263,6 @@ kubectl scale rc hazelcast --replicas=2
 
 # scale up to 4 nodes
 kubectl scale rc hazelcast --replicas=4
-
 ```
 
 ### Hazelcast Discovery Source