diff --git a/additional-material/resolving-merge-conflicts.md b/additional-material/resolving-merge-conflicts.md
index a64c6f2f1ec..66d11166c92 100644
--- a/additional-material/resolving-merge-conflicts.md
+++ b/additional-material/resolving-merge-conflicts.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ eg:
  =======
  This is a fourth line I am adding
  >>>>>>> 4e2b407f501b68f8588aa645acafffa0224b9b78:mergetest
+```
 
 <<<<<<<: Indicates the start of the lines that had a merge conflict. The first set of lines are the lines from the file that you were trying to merge the changes into.
 =======: Indicates the break point used for comparison. Breaks up changes that user has committed (above) to changes coming from merge (below) to visually see the differences.