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@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ The reflection adapter requires the following additional dependency:
 </dependency>
 ```
 
-```groovy
-implementation 'com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:1.7.0'
+```kotlin
+implementation("com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin:1.7.0")
 ```
 
 Note that the reflection adapter transitively depends on the `kotlin-reflect` library which is a
@@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ add the following to your build to enable the annotation processor:
 </dependency>
 ```
 
-```groovy
-kapt 'com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin-codegen:1.7.0'
+```kotlin
+kapt("com.squareup.moshi:moshi-kotlin-codegen:1.7.0")
 ```
 
 You must also have the `kotlin-stdlib` dependency on the classpath during compilation in order for
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ Download [the latest JAR][dl] or depend via Maven:
 </dependency>
 ```
 or Gradle:
-```groovy
-implementation 'com.squareup.moshi:moshi:1.7.0'
+```kotlin
+implementation("com.squareup.moshi:moshi:1.7.0")
 ```
 
 Snapshots of the development version are available in [Sonatype's `snapshots` repository][snap].