diff --git a/guides/rails_guides/markdown/renderer.rb b/guides/rails_guides/markdown/renderer.rb
index e22d64c78b9..fe4cced8325 100644
--- a/guides/rails_guides/markdown/renderer.rb
+++ b/guides/rails_guides/markdown/renderer.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def brush_for(code_type)
             "ERB"
           when "html"
             "XML" # HTML is understood, but there are .xml rules in the CSS
-          when "bash"
+          when "bash", "shell"
             "ConsoleLexer"
           else
             "PlainText"