diff --git a/caom2/README.rst b/caom2/README.rst
index 18cd2641..629e51e5 100644
--- a/caom2/README.rst
+++ b/caom2/README.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ To create a minimal Simple Observation
 --------------------------------------
 
 .. code:: python
+
         # make it compatible with Python 2 and 3
         from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ To create a minimal Simple Observation
         writer = ObservationWriter()
         writer.write(observation, sys.stdout)
 
+The output:
+
 .. code:: xml
 
     <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ To create a complete Observation
 --------------------------------------
 
 .. code:: python
+
     # make it compatible with Python 2 and 3
     from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                         unicode_literals)
@@ -224,6 +228,8 @@ To create a complete Observation
     writer = ObservationWriter()
     writer.write(observation, sys.stdout)
 
+The output:
+
 .. code:: xml
 
 	<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>