diff --git a/lib/docs/filters/groovy/clean_html.rb b/lib/docs/filters/groovy/clean_html.rb
index c08e8044..baf88527 100755
--- a/lib/docs/filters/groovy/clean_html.rb
+++ b/lib/docs/filters/groovy/clean_html.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ module Docs
           node.name = node.name.sub(/\d/) { |i| i.to_i - 1 }
         end
 
+        css('pre').each do |node|
+          node['data-language'] = 'groovy'
+        end
+
         doc
       end
     end