diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 973bd575..3dc5777c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ cache:
 before_install:
   # Setup Node.js version-specific dependencies
   - "test $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION != '0.8' || npm rm --save-dev istanbul"
-  - "test $(echo $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION | cut -d. -f1) -ge 4 || npm rm --save-dev eslint eslint-config-standard eslint-plugin-promise eslint-plugin-standard"
+  - "test $(echo $TRAVIS_NODE_VERSION | cut -d. -f1) -ge 4 || npm rm --save-dev eslint eslint-config-standard eslint-plugin-markdown eslint-plugin-promise eslint-plugin-standard"
 
   # Update Node.js modules
   - "test ! -d node_modules || npm prune"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ceef896..b68f2836 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $ npm install body-parser
 
 ## API
 
+<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars -->
+
 ```js
 var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 ```
@@ -383,6 +385,11 @@ All the parsers accept a `type` option which allows you to change the
 `Content-Type` that the middleware will parse.
 
 ```js
+var express = require('express')
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
+
+var app = express()
+
 // parse various different custom JSON types as JSON
 app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/*+json' }))
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd551d39..9f4af448 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "3.13.1",
     "eslint-config-standard": "6.2.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "1.0.0-beta.3",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "3.4.0",
     "eslint-plugin-standard": "2.0.1",
     "istanbul": "0.4.5",
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
     "node": ">= 0.8"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "eslint .",
+    "lint": "eslint --plugin markdown --ext js,md .",
     "test": "mocha --require test/support/env --reporter spec --check-leaks --bail test/",
     "test-cov": "istanbul cover node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha -- --require test/support/env --reporter dot --check-leaks test/",
     "test-travis": "istanbul cover node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- --require test/support/env --reporter spec --check-leaks test/"