diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0006-discussions-api-fetch-inactive-providers.rst b/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0006-discussions-api-fetch-inactive-providers.rst
index 2a4e2f4160..2770ca98f7 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0006-discussions-api-fetch-inactive-providers.rst
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0006-discussions-api-fetch-inactive-providers.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ return the following pieces of information:
 
 **Sample response:**
 
-.. code-block:: json
+.. code-block::
 
     {
         "active": "legacy",
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Changing settings for an inactive provider is out of scope here.
 
 **Sample response:**
 
-.. code-block:: json
+.. code-block::
 
     {
       "enabled": true,
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0008-reported-content-email-notifications.rst b/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0008-reported-content-email-notifications.rst
index f68d0bb378..19890ff58b 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0008-reported-content-email-notifications.rst
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/discussions/docs/decisions/0008-reported-content-email-notifications.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Emails will be sent out from edx@news.edx.org
 
 Changes to CourseDiscussionSettings Model
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. code-block:: json
+.. code-block::
 
     class CourseDiscussionSettings(models.Model):
         ...
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Endpoint to toggle the notifications settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 POST ``api/discussions/v0/course/{course_id}/settings``
 
-.. code-block:: json
+.. code-block::
 
     {
         context_key: "{course_id}",