diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 055b8de..282f6a9 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ installing from this repository, add the following to your vimrc:
 
     autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.md set filetype=markdown
 
+If you want to enable fenced code block syntax highlighting in your markdown documents you can enable it in your `.vimrc` like so:
+
+    let g:markdown_fenced_languages = ['html', 'python', 'bash=sh']
+
 ## License
 
 Copyright © Tim Pope.  Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.