diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index ca94ac3fec..3b95f68ba1 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
 pnpm-lock.yaml
 
 .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+# Formatting breaks code blocks nested within tabs
+packages/cursorless-org-docs/src/docs/contributing/CONTRIBUTING.mdx
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-org-docs/src/docs/contributing/CONTRIBUTING.mdx b/packages/cursorless-org-docs/src/docs/contributing/CONTRIBUTING.mdx
index 2c8552882b..8136b1fce1 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-org-docs/src/docs/contributing/CONTRIBUTING.mdx
+++ b/packages/cursorless-org-docs/src/docs/contributing/CONTRIBUTING.mdx
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ Welcome! So glad you've decided to help make Cursorless better. You'll want to s
 
    <Tabs groupId="vsx">
      <TabItem value="vscode" label="VSCode" default>
-       `bash code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment`
+       ```bash
+        code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment
+        ```
      </TabItem>
      <TabItem value="vscodium" label="VSCodium">
-       `bash codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment`
+       ```bash
+        codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment
+        ```
      </TabItem>
    </Tabs>
 
@@ -43,10 +47,16 @@ Welcome! So glad you've decided to help make Cursorless better. You'll want to s
 
    <Tabs groupId="vsx">
      <TabItem value="vscode" label="VSCode">
-       ```bash pnpm init-vscode-sandbox```
+       ```bash
+        pnpm init-vscode-sandbox
+        ```
      </TabItem>
      <TabItem value="vscodium" label="VSCodium">
-       `bash pnpm init-vscode-sandbox --codium` VSCodium users will also need to
+       ```bash
+        pnpm init-vscode-sandbox --codium
+        ```
+
+      VSCodium users will also need to
        manually download and install the `jrieken:vscode-tree-sitter-query`
        extension, as it is [currently not
        avalible](https://github.com/jrieken/vscode-tree-sitter-query/issues/28)
@@ -64,12 +74,14 @@ Welcome! So glad you've decided to help make Cursorless better. You'll want to s
 
    <Tabs groupId="vsx">
      <TabItem value="vscode" label="VSCode">
-       `bash code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension
-       some.extension`
+       ```bash
+        code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension some.extension
+        ```
      </TabItem>
      <TabItem value="vscodium" label="VSCodium">
-       `bash codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension
-       some.extension`
+       ```bash
+        codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension some.extension
+        ```
      </TabItem>
    </Tabs>
 
@@ -138,11 +150,14 @@ Once you have your package then you can install it into the sandbox using the fo
 
 <Tabs groupId="vsx">
   <TabItem value="vscode" label="VSCode">
-    `bash code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension bundle.vsix`
+    ```bash
+    code --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension bundle.vsix
+    ```
   </TabItem>
   <TabItem value="vscodium" label="VSCodium">
-    `bash codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension
-    bundle.vsix`
+    ```bash
+    codium --profile=cursorlessDevelopment --install-extension bundle.vsix
+    ```
   </TabItem>
 </Tabs>