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 ## How to use spring-restful-exception-handler
 Under PROJECT/resources create a file called *error.template*. Inside this file, place the formatted error template you want to return when a custom exception is thrown. If no custom template is given, the following default template will be used:
-`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>`
-`<error>`
-`%s`
-`</error>`
+```<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<error>
+%s
+</error>```
 Annotate the custom exception class with `@Exception(*httpStatus*, *contentType*)`.
 The defaults are
 `httpStatus = HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR`