diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
index 827dafc515b1..b198147b8bc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/conf.py
+++ b/Documentation/conf.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 todo_include_todos = False
 
 primary_domain = 'C'
-highlight_language = 'C'
+highlight_language = 'guess'
 
 # -- Options for HTML output ----------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
index c4eb5049da39..391decc66a18 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-documentation.rst
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ Domain`_ references.
 Cross-referencing from reStructuredText
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-.. highlight:: none
-
 To cross-reference the functions and types defined in the kernel-doc comments
 from reStructuredText documents, please use the `Sphinx C Domain`_
 references. For example::
@@ -390,8 +388,6 @@ For further details, please refer to the `Sphinx C Domain`_ documentation.
 Function documentation
 ----------------------
 
-.. highlight:: c
-
 The general format of a function and function-like macro kernel-doc comment is::
 
   /**
@@ -572,8 +568,6 @@ DocBook XML [DEPRECATED]
 Converting DocBook to Sphinx
 ----------------------------
 
-.. highlight:: none
-
 Over time, we expect all of the documents under ``Documentation/DocBook`` to be
 converted to Sphinx and reStructuredText. For most DocBook XML documents, a good
 enough solution is to use the simple ``Documentation/sphinx/tmplcvt`` script,