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@@ -1922,9 +1922,11 @@ bar An [info string] can be provided after the opening code fence. -Opening and closing spaces will be stripped, and the first word, prefixed -with `language-`, is used as the value for the `class` attribute of the -`code` element within the enclosing `pre` element. +Although this spec doesn't mandate any particular treatment of +the info string, the first word is typically used to specify +the language of the code block. In HTML output, the language is +normally indicated by adding a class to the `code` element consisting +of `language-` followed by the language name. ```````````````````````````````` example ```ruby |