diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 696c084..3e2474f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ modify the contents of the `src/onebusaway/lib/` and `examples/` directories.
 
 All files in the `examples/` directory are not modified by the generator and can be freely edited or added to.
 
-```ts
+```py
 # add an example to examples/<your-example>.py
 
 #!/usr/bin/env -S rye run python