diff --git a/samples/philosophers/README.rst b/samples/philosophers/README.rst
index d39b26b4b29..2392af05165 100644
--- a/samples/philosophers/README.rst
+++ b/samples/philosophers/README.rst
@@ -12,25 +12,28 @@ preemptible and cooperative threads of differing priorities, as well as dynamic
 sleeping.
 
 The philosopher always tries to get the lowest fork first (f1 then f2).  When done, he will give
-back the forks in the reverse order (f2 then f1).  If he gets two forks, he is EATING.  Otherwise,
-he is THINKING. Transitional states are shown as well, such as STARVING when the philosopher is
-hungry but the forks are not available, and HOLDING ONE FORK when a philosopher is waiting for the
-second fork to be available.
+back the forks in the reverse order (f2 then f1).  If he gets two forks, he is ``EATING``.
+Otherwise, he is ``THINKING``. Transitional states are shown as well, such as ``STARVING`` when the
+philosopher is hungry but the forks are not available, and ``HOLDING ONE FORK`` when a philosopher
+is waiting for the second fork to be available.
 
-Each Philosopher will randomly alternate between the EATING and THINKING state.
+Each Philosopher will randomly alternate between the ``EATING`` and ``THINKING`` states.
 
-It is possible to run the demo in coop-only or preempt-only mode. To achieve this, set these values
-for CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES and CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES in prj.conf:
+It is possible to run the demo in `coop-only` or `preempt-only` mode. To achieve this, set these
+values for ``CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES`` and ``CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES`` in :file:`prj.conf`:
 
-preempt-only:
+preempt-only
+  .. code-block:: cfg
 
-  CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES 6
-  CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES 0
+     CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES=6
+     CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES=0
 
-coop-only:
 
-  CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES 0
-  CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES 6
+coop-only
+  .. code-block:: cfg
+
+     CONFIG_NUM_PREEMPT_PRIORITIES=0
+     CONFIG_NUM_COOP_PRIORITIES=6
 
 In these cases, the philosopher threads will run with priorities 0 to 5 (preempt-only) and -7 to -2
 (coop-only).
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ This project outputs to the console.  It can be built and executed on QEMU as fo
 Sample Output
 =============
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    Philosopher 0 [P: 3]  HOLDING ONE FORK
    Philosopher 1 [P: 2]  HOLDING ONE FORK
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ tools like OpenOCD and J-link to inspect thread data using ``info threads``.
 OpenOCD Sample Output
 =====================
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    Thread 1 received signal SIGINT, Interrupt.
    [Switching to Thread 537003160]
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ OpenOCD Sample Output
    Info : Getting thread 537002104 reg list
      7    Thread 537002104 (Name: Philosopher 0, prio:3,useropts:4)  0x08001404 in arch_irq_unlock (key=0) at zephyr/mainline/zephyr/include/arch/arm/asm_inline_gcc.h:95
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    Philosopher 0 [P: 3]        STARVING
    Philosopher 1 [P: 2]    HOLDING ONE FORK
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ OpenOCD Sample Output
 J-Link Sample Output
 ====================
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    Thread 2 received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
    [Switching to Thread 537920592]
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ J-Link Sample Output
      7    Thread 537920240 (Philosopher 4 PENDING PRIO 255)   arch_swap (key=0) at zephyr/mainline/zephyr/arch/arm/core/swap.c:53
      8    Thread 537920416 (Philosopher 5 SUSPENDED PRIO 254) arch_swap (key=key@entry=0) at zephyr/mainline/zephyr/arch/arm/core/swap.c:53
 
-.. code-block:: console
+.. code-block::
 
    Philosopher 0 [P: 3]        STARVING
    Philosopher 1 [P: 2]   EATING  [  475 ms ]