diff --git a/features/combined_json.feature b/features/combined_json.feature
index 55c791b8..5ff81e7f 100644
--- a/features/combined_json.feature
+++ b/features/combined_json.feature
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
               "target": "rspec_api_documentation"
             },
             "request_content_type": null,
+            "request_format": null,
             "response_status": 200,
             "response_status_text": "OK",
             "response_body": "Hello, rspec_api_documentation!",
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
               "Content-Type": "text/plain"
             },
             "response_content_type": "text/plain",
+            "response_format": null,
             "curl": null
           }
         ]
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
               "target": "Sam & Eric"
             },
             "request_content_type": null,
+            "request_format": null,
             "response_status": 200,
             "response_status_text": "OK",
             "response_body": "Hello, Sam & Eric!",
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
               "Content-Type": "text/plain"
             },
             "response_content_type": "text/plain",
+            "response_format": null,
             "curl": null
           }
         ]
diff --git a/features/combined_text.feature b/features/combined_text.feature
index 7556fe07..15c165ff 100644
--- a/features/combined_text.feature
+++ b/features/combined_text.feature
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
       GET /greetings?target=rspec_api_documentation
       Cookie: 
       Host: example.org
+      Version: HTTP/1.0
 
       target=rspec_api_documentation
 
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ Feature: Combined text
       GET /greetings?target=Sam+%26+Eric
       Cookie: 
       Host: example.org
+      Version: HTTP/1.0
 
       target=Sam & Eric
 
diff --git a/features/markdown_documentation.feature b/features/markdown_documentation.feature
index d77e10bd..d145b392 100644
--- a/features/markdown_documentation.feature
+++ b/features/markdown_documentation.feature
@@ -185,26 +185,31 @@ Feature: Generate Markdown documentation from test examples
 
     #### Headers
 
-    <pre>Host: example.org</pre>
+    ```
+    Host: example.org
+    ```
 
     #### Route
 
-    <pre>GET /orders</pre>
+    `GET /orders`
 
     ### Response
 
     #### Headers
 
-    <pre>Content-Type: application/json
-    Content-Length: 137</pre>
+    ```
+    Content-Type: application/json
+    Content-Length: 137
+    ```
 
     #### Status
 
-    <pre>200 OK</pre>
+    `200 OK`
 
     #### Body
 
-    <pre>{
+    ```json
+    {
       "page": 1,
       "orders": [
         {
@@ -218,7 +223,8 @@ Feature: Generate Markdown documentation from test examples
           "description": "A great order"
         }
       ]
-    }</pre>
+    }
+    ```
     """
 
   Scenario: Example 'Creating an order' file should look like we expect
@@ -242,27 +248,33 @@ Feature: Generate Markdown documentation from test examples
 
     #### Headers
 
-    <pre>Host: example.org
-    Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded</pre>
+    ```
+    Host: example.org
+    Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
+    ```
 
     #### Route
 
-    <pre>POST /orders</pre>
+    `POST /orders`
 
     #### Body
 
-    <pre>name=Order+3&amount=33.0</pre>
+    ```
+    name=Order+3&amount=33.0
+    ```
 
     ### Response
 
     #### Headers
 
-    <pre>Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
-    Content-Length: 0</pre>
+    ```
+    Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
+    Content-Length: 0
+    ```
 
     #### Status
 
-    <pre>201 Created</pre>
+    `201 Created`
     """
 
   Scenario: Example 'Deleting an order' file should be created
diff --git a/features/slate_documentation.feature b/features/slate_documentation.feature
index 0dcd026c..76361080 100644
--- a/features/slate_documentation.feature
+++ b/features/slate_documentation.feature
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ Feature: Generate Slate documentation from test examples
 
     ```shell
     curl -g "http://localhost:3000/orders" -X GET \
+    	-H "Version: HTTP/1.0" \
     	-H "Host: example.org" \
     	-H "Cookie: "
     ```
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@ Feature: Generate Slate documentation from test examples
     
     ```shell
     curl "http://localhost:3000/orders" -d 'name=Order+3&amount=33.0' -X POST \
+    	-H "Version: HTTP/1.0" \
     	-H "Host: example.org" \
     	-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
     	-H "Cookie: "
diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/client_base.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/client_base.rb
index db0560a3..6d8ab1a2 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/client_base.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/client_base.rb
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ def document_example(method, path)
       request_metadata[:request_headers] = request_headers
       request_metadata[:request_query_parameters] = query_hash
       request_metadata[:request_content_type] = request_content_type
+      request_metadata[:request_format] = format_type(request_content_type)
       request_metadata[:response_status] = status
       request_metadata[:response_status_text] = Rack::Utils::HTTP_STATUS_CODES[status]
       request_metadata[:response_body] = record_response_body(response_content_type, response_body)
       request_metadata[:response_headers] = response_headers
       request_metadata[:response_content_type] = response_content_type
+      request_metadata[:response_format] = format_type(response_content_type)
       request_metadata[:curl] = Curl.new(method, path, request_body, request_headers)
 
       metadata[:requests] ||= []
@@ -92,6 +94,15 @@ def record_response_body(response_content_type, response_body)
       formatter.call(response_content_type, response_body)
     end
 
+    def format_type(content_type)
+      case content_type
+      when /^application\/json/ then 'json'
+      when /^text\/html/ then 'html'
+      else
+        nil
+      end
+    end
+
     def clean_out_uploaded_data(params, request_body)
       params.each do |value|
         if [Hash, Array].member? value.class
diff --git a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/configuration.rb b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/configuration.rb
index cd50524f..8ea44be7 100644
--- a/lib/rspec_api_documentation/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec_api_documentation/configuration.rb
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@ def self.add_setting(name, opts = {})
     # See RspecApiDocumentation::DSL::Endpoint#do_request
     add_setting :response_body_formatter, default: Proc.new { |_, _|
       Proc.new do |content_type, response_body|
-        if response_body.encoding == Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
-          "[binary data]"
-        elsif content_type =~ /application\/.*json/
+        if content_type =~ /application\/.*json/
           JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response_body))
+        elsif response_body.encoding == Encoding::ASCII_8BIT
+          "[binary data]"
         else
           response_body
         end
diff --git a/rspec_api_documentation.gemspec b/rspec_api_documentation.gemspec
index ece82e4c..a3c3ac22 100644
--- a/rspec_api_documentation.gemspec
+++ b/rspec_api_documentation.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $:.unshift lib unless $:.include?(lib)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "rspec_api_documentation"
-  s.version     = "6.1.1"
+  s.version     = "6.2.0"
   s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
   s.authors     = ["Chris Cahoon", "Sam Goldman", "Eric Oestrich", "Lucas Keune"]
   s.email       = %w[chris@smartlogicsolutions.com sam@smartlogicsolutions.com eric@smartlogicsolutions.com lucas.keune@qurasoft.de]
@@ -18,23 +18,22 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_runtime_dependency "activesupport", ">= 3.0.0"
   s.add_runtime_dependency "mustache", "~> 1.0", ">= 0.99.4"
 
-  s.add_development_dependency "activesupport", "< 4"
+  s.add_development_dependency "activesupport", "< 4.3"
   s.add_development_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.16"
   s.add_development_dependency "fakefs", ">= 0.6.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "sinatra", "~> 1.4.7"
-  s.add_development_dependency "aruba", "~> 0.13.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "sinatra", "~> 2"
+  s.add_development_dependency "aruba", "~> 1"
   s.add_development_dependency "capybara", "~> 2.6.2"
   s.add_development_dependency "rake", ">= 10"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rack-test", "~> 0.6.3"
-  s.add_development_dependency "rack-oauth2", "~> 1.2.2"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rack-test", "~> 2"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rack-oauth2", "~> 2"
   s.add_development_dependency "webmock", "~> 3.8.3"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec-its", "~> 1.2.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "faraday"
   s.add_development_dependency "nokogiri", "~> 1.8"
   s.add_development_dependency "yard", "~> 0.9.15"
   s.add_development_dependency "inch", "~> 0.8.0"
-  s.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.8.4"
-  s.add_development_dependency "contracts", "~> 0.13.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "minitest", "~> 5.8"
   s.add_development_dependency "gherkin", "~> 3.2.0"
   s.add_development_dependency "multi_json", "~> 1.11.2"
   s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.4.0"
diff --git a/spec/rack_test_client_spec.rb b/spec/rack_test_client_spec.rb
index e3a9b53c..e119208e 100644
--- a/spec/rack_test_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rack_test_client_spec.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
     it "should contain all the headers" do
       expect(test_client.request_headers).to eq({
+        "Version"=>"HTTP/1.0",
         "Accept" => "application/json",
         "Content-Type" => "application/json",
         "Host" => "example.org",
@@ -85,12 +86,14 @@
         expect(metadata[:request_headers]).to include({'X-Custom-Header' => 'custom header value'})
         expect(metadata[:request_query_parameters]).to eq({"query" => "test query"})
         expect(metadata[:request_content_type]).to match(/application\/json/)
+        expect(metadata[:request_format]).to eq('json')
         expect(metadata[:response_status]).to eq(200)
         expect(metadata[:response_body]).to be_present
         expect(metadata[:response_headers]['Content-Type']).to match(/application\/json/)
         expect(metadata[:response_headers]['Content-Length']).to eq('17')
         expect(metadata[:response_content_type]).to match(/application\/json/)
-        expect(metadata[:curl]).to eq(RspecApiDocumentation::Curl.new("POST", "/greet?query=test+query", post_data, {"Content-Type" => "application/json;charset=utf-8", "X-Custom-Header" => "custom header value", "Host" => "example.org", "Cookie" => ""}))
+        expect(metadata[:response_format]).to eq('json')
+        expect(metadata[:curl]).to eq(RspecApiDocumentation::Curl.new("POST", "/greet?query=test+query", post_data, {"Version"=>"HTTP/1.0", "Content-Type" => "application/json;charset=utf-8", "X-Custom-Header" => "custom header value", "Host" => "example.org", "Cookie" => ""}))
       end
 
       specify "fetching binary data" do |example|
diff --git a/templates/rspec_api_documentation/markdown_example.mustache b/templates/rspec_api_documentation/markdown_example.mustache
index b539b32e..8f7b4e86 100644
--- a/templates/rspec_api_documentation/markdown_example.mustache
+++ b/templates/rspec_api_documentation/markdown_example.mustache
@@ -38,22 +38,28 @@
 
 #### Headers
 
-<pre>{{ request_headers_text }}</pre>
+```
+{{ request_headers_text }}
+```
 
 #### Route
 
-<pre>{{ request_method }} {{ request_path }}</pre>
+`{{ request_method }} {{ request_path }}`
 {{# request_query_parameters_text }}
 
 #### Query Parameters
 
-<pre>{{ request_query_parameters_text }}</pre>
+```
+{{ request_query_parameters_text }}
+```
 {{/ request_query_parameters_text }}
 {{# request_body }}
 
 #### Body
 
-<pre>{{{ request_body }}}</pre>
+```{{{ request_format }}}
+{{{ request_body }}}
+```
 {{/ request_body }}
 {{# curl }}
 
@@ -67,16 +73,20 @@
 
 #### Headers
 
-<pre>{{ response_headers_text }}</pre>
+```
+{{ response_headers_text }}
+```
 
 #### Status
 
-<pre>{{ response_status }} {{ response_status_text}}</pre>
+`{{ response_status }} {{ response_status_text}}`
 
 {{# response_body }}
 #### Body
 
-<pre>{{{ response_body }}}</pre>
+```{{{ response_format }}}
+{{{ response_body }}}
+```
 {{/ response_body }}
 {{/ response_status }}
 {{/ requests }}