diff --git a/docs/topics/commands.rst b/docs/topics/commands.rst
index a93bee06b..5b3cd7e75 100644
--- a/docs/topics/commands.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/commands.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. highlight:: none
+
 .. _topics-commands:
 
 =================
@@ -66,7 +68,9 @@ structure by default, similar to this::
 
 The directory where the ``scrapy.cfg`` file resides is known as the *project
 root directory*. That file contains the name of the python module that defines
-the project settings. Here is an example::
+the project settings. Here is an example:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
 
     [settings]
     default = myproject.settings
@@ -80,7 +84,9 @@ A project root directory, the one that contains the ``scrapy.cfg``, may be
 shared by multiple Scrapy projects, each with its own settings module.
 
 In that case, you must define one or more aliases for those settings modules
-under ``[settings]`` in your ``scrapy.cfg`` file::
+under ``[settings]`` in your ``scrapy.cfg`` file:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
 
     [settings]
     default = myproject1.settings
@@ -277,6 +283,8 @@ check
 
 Run contract checks.
 
+.. skip: start
+
 Usage examples::
 
     $ scrapy check -l
@@ -294,6 +302,8 @@ Usage examples::
     [FAILED] first_spider:parse
     >>> Returned 92 requests, expected 0..4
 
+.. skip: end
+
 .. command:: list
 
 list
@@ -481,6 +491,8 @@ Supported options:
 
 * ``--verbose`` or ``-v``: display information for each depth level
 
+.. skip: start
+
 Usage example::
 
     $ scrapy parse http://www.example.com/ -c parse_item
@@ -495,6 +507,8 @@ Usage example::
     # Requests  -----------------------------------------------------------------
     []
 
+.. skip: end
+
 
 .. command:: settings
 
@@ -573,7 +587,9 @@ Default: ``''`` (empty string)
 A module to use for looking up custom Scrapy commands. This is used to add custom
 commands for your Scrapy project.
 
-Example::
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: python
 
     COMMANDS_MODULE = 'mybot.commands'
 
@@ -588,7 +604,11 @@ You can also add Scrapy commands from an external library by adding a
 ``scrapy.commands`` section in the entry points of the library ``setup.py``
 file.
 
-The following example adds ``my_command`` command::
+The following example adds ``my_command`` command:
+
+.. skip: next
+
+.. code-block:: python
 
   from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 529ad5d27..dab91416f 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ addopts =
     --ignore=docs/_ext
     --ignore=docs/conf.py
     --ignore=docs/news.rst
-    --ignore=docs/topics/commands.rst
     --ignore=docs/topics/debug.rst
     --ignore=docs/topics/developer-tools.rst
     --ignore=docs/topics/dynamic-content.rst