1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md
index ef3b578f04e..30e1f1ed79c 100644
--- a/doc/api/README.md
+++ b/doc/api/README.md
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ resources you can pass the following parameters:
 
 In the example below, we list 50 [namespaces](namespaces.md) per page.
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces?per_page=50"
 ```
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ In the cURL example below, we limit the output to 3 items per page (`per_page=3`
 and we request the second page (`page=2`) of [comments](notes.md) of the issue
 with ID `8` which belongs to the project with ID `8`:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/8/issues/8/notes?per_page=3&page=2
 ```
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ This method is controlled by the following parameters:
 
 In the example below, we list 50 [projects](projects.md) per page, ordered by `id` ascending.
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects?pagination=keyset&per_page=50&order_by=id&sort=asc"
 ```
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ We can call the API with `array` and `hash` types parameters as shown below:
 
 `import_sources` is a parameter of type `array`:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
 -d "import_sources[]=github" \
 -d "import_sources[]=bitbucket" \
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/some_endpoint
 
 `override_params` is a parameter of type `hash`:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
 --form "namespace=email" \
 --form "path=impapi" \
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/import
 
 `variables` is a parameter of type `array` containing hash key/value pairs `[{ 'key' => 'UPLOAD_TO_S3', 'value' => 'true' }]`:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 curl --globoff --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ********************" \
 "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/169/pipeline?ref=master&variables[][key]=VAR1&variables[][value]=hello&variables[][key]=VAR2&variables[][value]=world"