diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 5efd42f56..2bf01b6d2 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 17.1.0
+* [Add syntax highlighting to API docs](https://github.com/fsprojects/FSharp.Formatting/pull/780)
+
 ## 17.0.0
 
 * Update to .NET 7.0.100
diff --git a/build/build.fs b/build/build.fs
index 21fe64105..eec34fa93 100644
--- a/build/build.fs
+++ b/build/build.fs
@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@ let generateDocs _ =
         ("install --no-cache --version "
          + release.NugetVersion
          + " --add-source "
+         + "\""
          + artifactsDir
+         + "\""
          + " --tool-path "
+         + "\""
          + artifactsDir
+         + "\""
          + " fsdocs-tool")
     |> ignore
 
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Formatting.ApiDocs/GenerateModel.fs b/src/FSharp.Formatting.ApiDocs/GenerateModel.fs
index 1f0e022df..db4d83746 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Formatting.ApiDocs/GenerateModel.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Formatting.ApiDocs/GenerateModel.fs
@@ -1877,22 +1877,11 @@ module internal SymbolReader =
 
                     html.Append("</code>") |> ignore
                 | "code" ->
-                    let lang =
-                        match elem.Attributes("lang") |> Seq.isEmpty with
-                        | true -> ""
-                        | false ->
-                            let lang = elem.Attribute("lang").Value
-                            $"{lang} language-{lang}"
+                    let code =
+                        let code = Literate.ParseMarkdownString("```\n" + elem.Value.TrimEnd('\r', '\n', ' ') + "\n```")
+                        Literate.ToHtml(code, lineNumbers = false)
 
-                    html.Append("<pre>") |> ignore
-                    html.Append($"<code class=\"{lang}\">") |> ignore
-
-                    let code = elem.Value.TrimEnd('\r', '\n', ' ')
-                    let codeAsHtml = HttpUtility.HtmlEncode code
-                    html.Append(codeAsHtml) |> ignore
-
-                    html.Append("</code>") |> ignore
-                    html.Append("</pre>") |> ignore
+                    html.Append(code) |> ignore
                 // 'a' is not part of the XML doc standard but is widely used
                 | "a" -> html.Append(elem.ToString()) |> ignore
                 // This allows any HTML to be transferred through