diff --git a/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.js b/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.js
index 3436c3ac72..e8942f79c3 100644
--- a/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.js
+++ b/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.js
@@ -51,26 +51,27 @@ function highlightLines(pre, lines, classes) {
 		var line = document.createElement('div');
 		
 		line.textContent = Array(end - start + 2).join(' \n');
+		line.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
 		line.className = (classes || '') + ' line-highlight';
 
-    //if the line-numbers plugin is enabled, then there is no reason for this plugin to display the line numbers
-    if(!hasClass(pre, 'line-numbers')) {
-      line.setAttribute('data-start', start);
+		//if the line-numbers plugin is enabled, then there is no reason for this plugin to display the line numbers
+		if(!hasClass(pre, 'line-numbers')) {
+			line.setAttribute('data-start', start);
 
-      if(end > start) {
-        line.setAttribute('data-end', end);
-      }
-    }
+			if(end > start) {
+				line.setAttribute('data-end', end);
+			}
+		}
 
 		line.style.top = (start - offset - 1) * lineHeight + 'px';
 
-    //allow this to play nicely with the line-numbers plugin
-    if(hasClass(pre, 'line-numbers')) {
-      //need to attack to pre as when line-numbers is enabled, the code tag is relatively which screws up the positioning
-      pre.appendChild(line);
-    } else {
-      (pre.querySelector('code') || pre).appendChild(line);
-    }
+		//allow this to play nicely with the line-numbers plugin
+		if(hasClass(pre, 'line-numbers')) {
+			//need to attack to pre as when line-numbers is enabled, the code tag is relatively which screws up the positioning
+			pre.appendChild(line);
+		} else {
+			(pre.querySelector('code') || pre).appendChild(line);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ function applyHash() {
 	
 	var id = hash.slice(0, hash.lastIndexOf('.')),
 	    pre = document.getElementById(id);
-	    
+
 	if (!pre) {
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.min.js b/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.min.js
index aecd63e2d3..894c741fc4 100644
--- a/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.min.js
+++ b/plugins/line-highlight/prism-line-highlight.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(){function e(e,t){return Array.prototype.slice.call((t||document).querySelectorAll(e))}function t(e,t){return t=" "+t+" ",(" "+e.className+" ").replace(/[\n\t]/g," ").indexOf(t)>-1}function n(e,n,i){for(var o,a=n.replace(/\s+/g,"").split(","),l=+e.getAttribute("data-line-offset")||0,d=r()?parseInt:parseFloat,c=d(getComputedStyle(e).lineHeight),s=0;o=a[s++];){o=o.split("-");var u=+o[0],m=+o[1]||u,h=document.createElement("div");h.textContent=Array(m-u+2).join(" \n"),h.className=(i||"")+" line-highlight",t(e,"line-numbers")||(h.setAttribute("data-start",u),m>u&&h.setAttribute("data-end",m)),h.style.top=(u-l-1)*c+"px",t(e,"line-numbers")?e.appendChild(h):(e.querySelector("code")||e).appendChild(h)}}function i(){var t=location.hash.slice(1);e(".temporary.line-highlight").forEach(function(e){e.parentNode.removeChild(e)});var i=(t.match(/\.([\d,-]+)$/)||[,""])[1];if(i&&!document.getElementById(t)){var r=t.slice(0,t.lastIndexOf(".")),o=document.getElementById(r);o&&(o.hasAttribute("data-line")||o.setAttribute("data-line",""),n(o,i,"temporary "),document.querySelector(".temporary.line-highlight").scrollIntoView())}}if("undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&document.querySelector){var r=function(){var e;return function(){if("undefined"==typeof e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.style.fontSize="13px",t.style.lineHeight="1.5",t.style.padding=0,t.style.border=0,t.innerHTML="&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;",document.body.appendChild(t),e=38===t.offsetHeight,document.body.removeChild(t)}return e}}(),o=0;Prism.hooks.add("complete",function(t){var r=t.element.parentNode,a=r&&r.getAttribute("data-line");r&&a&&/pre/i.test(r.nodeName)&&(clearTimeout(o),e(".line-highlight",r).forEach(function(e){e.parentNode.removeChild(e)}),n(r,a),o=setTimeout(i,1))}),window.addEventListener&&window.addEventListener("hashchange",i)}}();
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+!function(){function e(e,t){return Array.prototype.slice.call((t||document).querySelectorAll(e))}function t(e,t){return t=" "+t+" ",(" "+e.className+" ").replace(/[\n\t]/g," ").indexOf(t)>-1}function n(e,n,i){for(var o,a=n.replace(/\s+/g,"").split(","),l=+e.getAttribute("data-line-offset")||0,d=r()?parseInt:parseFloat,c=d(getComputedStyle(e).lineHeight),s=0;o=a[s++];){o=o.split("-");var u=+o[0],m=+o[1]||u,h=document.createElement("div");h.textContent=Array(m-u+2).join(" \n"),h.setAttribute("aria-hidden","true"),h.className=(i||"")+" line-highlight",t(e,"line-numbers")||(h.setAttribute("data-start",u),m>u&&h.setAttribute("data-end",m)),h.style.top=(u-l-1)*c+"px",t(e,"line-numbers")?e.appendChild(h):(e.querySelector("code")||e).appendChild(h)}}function i(){var t=location.hash.slice(1);e(".temporary.line-highlight").forEach(function(e){e.parentNode.removeChild(e)});var i=(t.match(/\.([\d,-]+)$/)||[,""])[1];if(i&&!document.getElementById(t)){var r=t.slice(0,t.lastIndexOf(".")),o=document.getElementById(r);o&&(o.hasAttribute("data-line")||o.setAttribute("data-line",""),n(o,i,"temporary "),document.querySelector(".temporary.line-highlight").scrollIntoView())}}if("undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&document.querySelector){var r=function(){var e;return function(){if("undefined"==typeof e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.style.fontSize="13px",t.style.lineHeight="1.5",t.style.padding=0,t.style.border=0,t.innerHTML="&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;",document.body.appendChild(t),e=38===t.offsetHeight,document.body.removeChild(t)}return e}}(),o=0;Prism.hooks.add("complete",function(t){var r=t.element.parentNode,a=r&&r.getAttribute("data-line");r&&a&&/pre/i.test(r.nodeName)&&(clearTimeout(o),e(".line-highlight",r).forEach(function(e){e.parentNode.removeChild(e)}),n(r,a),o=setTimeout(i,1))}),window.addEventListener&&window.addEventListener("hashchange",i)}}();
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diff --git a/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.js b/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.js
index 8323a43b13..b01ce6feae 100644
--- a/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.js
+++ b/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Prism.hooks.add('complete', function (env) {
 	lines = lines.join('<span></span>');
 
 	lineNumbersWrapper = document.createElement('span');
+	lineNumbersWrapper.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
 	lineNumbersWrapper.className = 'line-numbers-rows';
 	lineNumbersWrapper.innerHTML = lines;
 
diff --git a/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.min.js b/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.min.js
index 7fea32560c..976f93cede 100644
--- a/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.min.js
+++ b/plugins/line-numbers/prism-line-numbers.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(){"undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&Prism.hooks.add("complete",function(e){if(e.code){var t=e.element.parentNode,s=/\s*\bline-numbers\b\s*/;if(t&&/pre/i.test(t.nodeName)&&(s.test(t.className)||s.test(e.element.className))&&!e.element.querySelector(".line-numbers-rows")){s.test(e.element.className)&&(e.element.className=e.element.className.replace(s,"")),s.test(t.className)||(t.className+=" line-numbers");var n,a=e.code.match(/\n(?!$)/g),l=a?a.length+1:1,m=new Array(l+1);m=m.join("<span></span>"),n=document.createElement("span"),n.className="line-numbers-rows",n.innerHTML=m,t.hasAttribute("data-start")&&(t.style.counterReset="linenumber "+(parseInt(t.getAttribute("data-start"),10)-1)),e.element.appendChild(n)}}})}();
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+!function(){"undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&Prism.hooks.add("complete",function(e){if(e.code){var t=e.element.parentNode,s=/\s*\bline-numbers\b\s*/;if(t&&/pre/i.test(t.nodeName)&&(s.test(t.className)||s.test(e.element.className))&&!e.element.querySelector(".line-numbers-rows")){s.test(e.element.className)&&(e.element.className=e.element.className.replace(s,"")),s.test(t.className)||(t.className+=" line-numbers");var n,a=e.code.match(/\n(?!$)/g),l=a?a.length+1:1,r=new Array(l+1);r=r.join("<span></span>"),n=document.createElement("span"),n.setAttribute("aria-hidden","true"),n.className="line-numbers-rows",n.innerHTML=r,t.hasAttribute("data-start")&&(t.style.counterReset="linenumber "+(parseInt(t.getAttribute("data-start"),10)-1)),e.element.appendChild(n)}}})}();
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