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@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The touch events detected by the flow3r are published to the topic `flow3r-<maca
 
 Each event is a JSON string that looks like this:
 
-    {"petal":"2","event":"touch_tip","dx":8083,"dy":6960,"duration":150}
+```json
+{"petal":"2","event":"touch_tip","dx":8083,"dy":6960,"duration":150}
+```
 
 The keys and their values are defined as follows: