diff --git a/docs/plugins.asciidoc b/docs/plugins.asciidoc
index 0baaac183ce1..dfb5afab95c7 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins.asciidoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ When you specify a plugin name without a URL, the plugin tool attempts to downlo
 
 You can specify a URL to a specific plugin, as in the following example:
 
-[source,shell]
+["source","shell",subs="attributes"]
 $ bin/kibana-plugin install https://download.elastic.co/kibana/x-pack/x-pack-{version}.zip
 Attempting to transfer from https://download.elastic.co/kibana/x-pack/x-pack-{version}.zip
 Transferring <some number> bytes....................