diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.1.rst b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.1.rst
index 4c33adf8e..2169e6a05 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.1.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.1.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Fix regression seeking PNG files
 This fixes a regression introduced in 7.1.0 when adding support for APNG files when calling
 ``seek`` and ``tell``:
 
-.. code-block:: python
+.. code-block:: pycon
 
     >>> from PIL import Image
     >>> with Image.open("Tests/images/hopper.png") as im:
diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.2.rst b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.2.rst
index c9d0d54eb..b12d84e33 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes/7.1.2.rst
+++ b/docs/releasenotes/7.1.2.rst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This fixes a regression introduced in 7.1.0 when adding support for APNG files.
 When calling ``seek(n)`` on a regular PNG where ``n > 0``, it failed to raise an
 ``EOFError`` as it should have done, resulting in:
 
-.. code-block:: python
+.. code-block:: pycon
 
     AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'read'