diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/websetup.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/websetup.pm
index d3cbff0d5..74914dcb8 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/websetup.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/websetup.pm
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub formatexample ($$) {
 		return "";
 	}
 	elsif (defined $example && ! ref $example && length $example) {
-		return "<br/ ><small>Example: <tt>$example</tt></small>";
+		return "<br/ ><small>Example: <code>$example</code></small>";
 	}
 	else {
 		return "";