diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index 8485fb6d..7fef1a36 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9c35fdcedba2afacef4e92657cb8f9510ec72d59
+031e8b85d58dd043f6e436f8571bb18cccc7e816
diff --git a/examples/resources/syntax/shCore.js b/examples/resources/syntax/shCore.js
index b47cdbc5..bd586f7c 100644
--- a/examples/resources/syntax/shCore.js
+++ b/examples/resources/syntax/shCore.js
@@ -768,6 +768,10 @@ function parseParams(str)
     if ( a ) {
         result['brush'] = a[1];
     }
+    else if ( str && str.indexOf('multiline') !== -1 ) {
+        // Markdown code block without a language identifier
+        result['brush'] = 'text';
+    }
 
     return result;
 };