diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
index 0fff50b798..820b9eb2e7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -279,8 +279,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
                             "Slow SQL",
                             "jOOQ Meta executed a slow query (slower than 5 seconds)"
                           + "\n\n"
-                          + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n"
-                          + formatted(ctx.query()),
+                          + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
+                          + formatted(ctx.query())
+                          + "```\n",
                             new SQLPerformanceWarning());
                     }
                 }
@@ -296,8 +297,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
                       ? ctx.exception().getMessage()
                       : "No exception available")
                       + "\n\n"
-                      + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n"
-                      + formatted(ctx.query()));
+                      + "Please report this bug here: https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOQ/issues/new\n\n```sql\n"
+                      + formatted(ctx.query())
+                      + "```\n");
                 }
 
                 private String formatted(Query query) {