diff --git a/bundles/docs/libraries/markdown.php b/bundles/docs/libraries/markdown.php
index 68fd0728..59ef7191 100755
--- a/bundles/docs/libraries/markdown.php
+++ b/bundles/docs/libraries/markdown.php
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ function _doCodeBlocks_callback($matches) {
 		# trim leading newlines and trailing newlines
 		$codeblock = preg_replace('/\A\n+|\n+\z/', '', $codeblock);
 
-		$codeblock = "<pre class=\"prettyprint lang-php linenums\"><code>$codeblock\n</code></pre>";
+		$codeblock = "<pre class=\"prettyprint lang-php linenums\">$codeblock\n</pre>";
 		return "\n\n".$this->hashBlock($codeblock)."\n\n";
 	}