diff --git a/docs/software-developer-documentation/apis/java-javascript-v3-api.md b/docs/software-developer-documentation/apis/java-javascript-v3-api.md
index 18a0151223c394c3ac8a11bc0ccac9835da505cb..d6fbcc4e80285d9646c6a4bd3834226547996c02 100644
--- a/docs/software-developer-documentation/apis/java-javascript-v3-api.md
+++ b/docs/software-developer-documentation/apis/java-javascript-v3-api.md
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ PATs please read: [Personal Access
 Tokens](/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=122140993).
 
 Example of how to create and use a PAT:
-
+```java
     import java.util.Arrays;
     import java.util.Date;
     import java.util.List;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Example of how to create and use a PAT:
             v3api.searchSpaces(pat.getHash(), new SpaceSearchCriteria(), new SpaceFetchOptions());
         }
     }
-
+```
 ### Session Information
 
 OpenBIS provides a method to obtain the session information for an