diff --git a/templating/build.py b/templating/build.py
index 78e48b02..7752f309 100755
--- a/templating/build.py
+++ b/templating/build.py
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ def check_unaccessed(name, store):
 
 def main():
     # add a template filter to produce pretty pretty JSON
-    def jsonify(input):
-        return json.dumps(input, indent=4)
+    def jsonify(input, pre_whitespace=0):
+        code = json.dumps(input, indent=4)
+        if pre_whitespace:
+            code = code.replace("\n", ("\n" +" "*pre_whitespace))
+
+        return code
 
     # make Jinja aware of the templates and filters
     env = Environment(
diff --git a/templating/templates/events.tmpl b/templating/templates/events.tmpl
index fa70e5eb..602aa108 100644
--- a/templating/templates/events.tmpl
+++ b/templating/templates/events.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-{{event.type}}
---------------
-Summary: {{event.summary}}
-Type: {{event.typeof}}
-Description: {{event.desc}}
-JSON Format: {{event.json_format | jsonify}}
-Example: {{example.content | jsonify}}
+``{{event.type}}``
+  Summary:
+    {{event.summary}}
+  Type:
+    {{event.typeof}}
+  Description:
+    {{event.desc}}
+
+  JSON Format::
+
+    {{event.json_format | jsonify(4)}}
+
+  Example::
+
+    {{example.content | jsonify(4)}}