diff --git a/USAGE.rst b/USAGE.rst
index 21d29986..48e56a40 100644
--- a/USAGE.rst
+++ b/USAGE.rst
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 Usage
 =====
 
-Select the "Sphinx Wagtail theme" in the `conf.py` file of a Sphinx project::
+Select the "Sphinx Wagtail theme" in the ``conf.py`` file of a Sphinx project:
+
+.. code-block:: python
 
    # include the theme in the list of extensions to be loaded
-   extensions = ['sphinx_wagtail_theme', …]
+   extensions = ['sphinx_wagtail_theme', ...]
 
    # select the theme
    html_theme = 'sphinx_wagtail_theme'
@@ -13,7 +15,9 @@ Select the "Sphinx Wagtail theme" in the `conf.py` file of a Sphinx project::
 
 For developers:
 
-The following snippet should always work if appended at the end of `conf.py`::
+The following snippet should always work if appended at the end of ``conf.py``:
+
+.. code-block:: python
 
    try:
       extensions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4292e5ab..c68d2b21 100755
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 version = sphinx_wagtail_theme.__version__
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
 release = sphinx_wagtail_theme.__version__
-language = None
+language = "en"
 exclude_patterns = ['_build', 'Thumbs.db', '.DS_Store', 'requirements.txt']
 # If true, `todo` and `todoList` produce output, else they produce nothing.
 todo_include_todos = False