Fenced Code Blocks in Markdown
From the Markdown cheat sheet · Code · verified Aug 2026
Fenced Code Blocks
Create multi-line code blocks with language hints.
markdown
~~~js
const message = 'Hello'
console.log(message)
~~~📌 Put the language immediately after the opening fence
💡 Tilde fences help when documenting backtick fences
🔍 Syntax highlighting depends on the renderer
🎯 Prefer fenced blocks over four-space indentation
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