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@@ -159,18 +159,22 @@ PasswordAuthentication no
 ## Defining host keys for server
 You can define host keys your server will use
 
+```
 ssh::server::host_key {'ssh_host_rsa_key':
   private_key_content => '<the private key>',
   public_key_content  => '<the public key>',
 }
+```
 
 Alternately, you could create the host key providing the files, instead
 of the content:
 
+```
 ssh::server::host_key {'ssh_host_rsa_key':
   private_key_source => 'puppet:///mymodule/ssh_host_rsa_key',
   public_key_source  => 'puppet:///mymodule/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub',
 }
+```
 
-Both of these definitions will create /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key and
-/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub and restart sshd daemon.
+Both of these definitions will create ```/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key``` and
+```/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub``` and restart sshd daemon.