diff --git a/docs/docsite/_extensions/pygments_lexer.py b/docs/docsite/_extensions/pygments_lexer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aa718eb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/docsite/_extensions/pygments_lexer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,498 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# pylint: disable=no-self-argument
+#
+# Copyright 2006-2017 by the Pygments team, see AUTHORS at
+# https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/raw/7941677dc77d4f2bf0bbd6140ade85a9454b8b80/AUTHORS
+# Copyright by Kirill Simonov (original author of YAML lexer).
+#
+# Licensed under BSD license:
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2017 by the respective authors (see AUTHORS file).
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
+
+from pygments.lexer import LexerContext, ExtendedRegexLexer, DelegatingLexer, bygroups, include
+from pygments.lexers import DjangoLexer
+from pygments import token
+
+
+class AnsibleYamlLexerContext(LexerContext):
+    """Indentation context for the YAML lexer."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwds):
+        super(AnsibleYamlLexerContext, self).__init__(*args, **kwds)
+        self.indent_stack = []
+        self.indent = -1
+        self.next_indent = 0
+        self.block_scalar_indent = None
+
+
+class AnsibleYamlLexer(ExtendedRegexLexer):
+    """
+    Lexer for `YAML <http://yaml.org/>`_, a human-friendly data serialization
+    language.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.11
+    """
+
+    name = 'YAML'
+    aliases = ['yaml']
+    filenames = ['*.yaml', '*.yml']
+    mimetypes = ['text/x-yaml']
+
+    def something(token_class):
+        """Do not produce empty tokens."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            if not text:
+                return
+            yield match.start(), token_class, text
+            context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def reset_indent(token_class):
+        """Reset the indentation levels."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            context.indent_stack = []
+            context.indent = -1
+            context.next_indent = 0
+            context.block_scalar_indent = None
+            yield match.start(), token_class, text
+            context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def save_indent(token_class, start=False):
+        """Save a possible indentation level."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            extra = ''
+            if start:
+                context.next_indent = len(text)
+                if context.next_indent < context.indent:
+                    while context.next_indent < context.indent:
+                        context.indent = context.indent_stack.pop()
+                    if context.next_indent > context.indent:
+                        extra = text[context.indent:]
+                        text = text[:context.indent]
+            else:
+                context.next_indent += len(text)
+            if text:
+                yield match.start(), token_class, text
+            if extra:
+                yield match.start() + len(text), token_class.Error, extra
+            context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def set_indent(token_class, implicit=False):
+        """Set the previously saved indentation level."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            if context.indent < context.next_indent:
+                context.indent_stack.append(context.indent)
+                context.indent = context.next_indent
+            if not implicit:
+                context.next_indent += len(text)
+            yield match.start(), token_class, text
+            context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def set_block_scalar_indent(token_class):
+        """Set an explicit indentation level for a block scalar."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            context.block_scalar_indent = None
+            if not text:
+                return
+            increment = match.group(1)
+            if increment:
+                current_indent = max(context.indent, 0)
+                increment = int(increment)
+                context.block_scalar_indent = current_indent + increment
+            if text:
+                yield match.start(), token_class, text
+                context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def parse_block_scalar_empty_line(indent_token_class, content_token_class):
+        """Process an empty line in a block scalar."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            if (context.block_scalar_indent is None or
+                    len(text) <= context.block_scalar_indent):
+                if text:
+                    yield match.start(), indent_token_class, text
+            else:
+                indentation = text[:context.block_scalar_indent]
+                content = text[context.block_scalar_indent:]
+                yield match.start(), indent_token_class, indentation
+                yield (match.start() + context.block_scalar_indent,
+                       content_token_class, content)
+            context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def parse_block_scalar_indent(token_class):
+        """Process indentation spaces in a block scalar."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            if context.block_scalar_indent is None:
+                if len(text) <= max(context.indent, 0):
+                    context.stack.pop()
+                    context.stack.pop()
+                    return
+                context.block_scalar_indent = len(text)
+            else:
+                if len(text) < context.block_scalar_indent:
+                    context.stack.pop()
+                    context.stack.pop()
+                    return
+            if text:
+                yield match.start(), token_class, text
+                context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    def parse_plain_scalar_indent(token_class):
+        """Process indentation spaces in a plain scalar."""
+        def callback(lexer, match, context):
+            text = match.group()
+            if len(text) <= context.indent:
+                context.stack.pop()
+                context.stack.pop()
+                return
+            if text:
+                yield match.start(), token_class, text
+                context.pos = match.end()
+        return callback
+
+    tokens = {
+        # the root rules
+        'root': [
+            # ignored whitespaces
+            (r'[ ]+(?=#|$)', token.Text),
+            # line breaks
+            (r'\n+', token.Text),
+            # a comment
+            (r'#[^\n]*', token.Comment.Single),
+            # the '%YAML' directive
+            (r'^%YAML(?=[ ]|$)', reset_indent(token.Name.Tag), 'yaml-directive'),
+            # the %TAG directive
+            (r'^%TAG(?=[ ]|$)', reset_indent(token.Name.Tag), 'tag-directive'),
+            # document start and document end indicators
+            (r'^(?:---|\.\.\.)(?=[ ]|$)', reset_indent(token.Name.Namespace),
+             'block-line'),
+            # indentation spaces
+            (r'[ ]*(?!\s|$)', save_indent(token.Text, start=True),
+             ('block-line', 'indentation')),
+        ],
+
+        # trailing whitespaces after directives or a block scalar indicator
+        'ignored-line': [
+            # ignored whitespaces
+            (r'[ ]+(?=#|$)', token.Text),
+            # a comment
+            (r'#[^\n]*', token.Comment.Single),
+            # line break
+            (r'\n', token.Text, '#pop:2'),
+        ],
+
+        # the %YAML directive
+        'yaml-directive': [
+            # the version number
+            (r'([ ]+)([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)',
+             bygroups(token.Text, token.Number), 'ignored-line'),
+        ],
+
+        # the %YAG directive
+        'tag-directive': [
+            # a tag handle and the corresponding prefix
+            (r'([ ]+)(!|![\w-]*!)'
+             r'([ ]+)(!|!?[\w;/?:@&=+$,.!~*\'()\[\]%-]+)',
+             bygroups(token.Text, token.Keyword.Type, token.Text, token.Keyword.Type),
+             'ignored-line'),
+        ],
+
+        # block scalar indicators and indentation spaces
+        'indentation': [
+            # trailing whitespaces are ignored
+            (r'[ ]*$', something(token.Text), '#pop:2'),
+            # whitespaces preceeding block collection indicators
+            (r'[ ]+(?=[?:-](?:[ ]|$))', save_indent(token.Text)),
+            # block collection indicators
+            (r'[?:-](?=[ ]|$)', set_indent(token.Punctuation.Indicator)),
+            # the beginning a block line
+            (r'[ ]*', save_indent(token.Text), '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # an indented line in the block context
+        'block-line': [
+            # the line end
+            (r'[ ]*(?=#|$)', something(token.Text), '#pop'),
+            # whitespaces separating tokens
+            (r'[ ]+', token.Text),
+            # key with colon
+            (r'([^,:?\[\]{}\n]+)(:)(?=[ ]|$)',
+             bygroups(token.Name.Tag, set_indent(token.Punctuation, implicit=True))),
+            # tags, anchors and aliases,
+            include('descriptors'),
+            # block collections and scalars
+            include('block-nodes'),
+            # flow collections and quoted scalars
+            include('flow-nodes'),
+            # a plain scalar
+            (r'(?=[^\s?:,\[\]{}#&*!|>\'"%@`-]|[?:-]\S)',
+             something(token.Name.Variable),
+             'plain-scalar-in-block-context'),
+        ],
+
+        # tags, anchors, aliases
+        'descriptors': [
+            # a full-form tag
+            (r'!<[\w#;/?:@&=+$,.!~*\'()\[\]%-]+>', token.Keyword.Type),
+            # a tag in the form '!', '!suffix' or '!handle!suffix'
+            (r'!(?:[\w-]+!)?'
+             r'[\w#;/?:@&=+$,.!~*\'()\[\]%-]+', token.Keyword.Type),
+            # an anchor
+            (r'&[\w-]+', token.Name.Label),
+            # an alias
+            (r'\*[\w-]+', token.Name.Variable),
+        ],
+
+        # block collections and scalars
+        'block-nodes': [
+            # implicit key
+            (r':(?=[ ]|$)', set_indent(token.Punctuation.Indicator, implicit=True)),
+            # literal and folded scalars
+            (r'[|>]', token.Punctuation.Indicator,
+             ('block-scalar-content', 'block-scalar-header')),
+        ],
+
+        # flow collections and quoted scalars
+        'flow-nodes': [
+            # a flow sequence
+            (r'\[', token.Punctuation.Indicator, 'flow-sequence'),
+            # a flow mapping
+            (r'\{', token.Punctuation.Indicator, 'flow-mapping'),
+            # a single-quoted scalar
+            (r'\'', token.String, 'single-quoted-scalar'),
+            # a double-quoted scalar
+            (r'\"', token.String, 'double-quoted-scalar'),
+        ],
+
+        # the content of a flow collection
+        'flow-collection': [
+            # whitespaces
+            (r'[ ]+', token.Text),
+            # line breaks
+            (r'\n+', token.Text),
+            # a comment
+            (r'#[^\n]*', token.Comment.Single),
+            # simple indicators
+            (r'[?:,]', token.Punctuation.Indicator),
+            # tags, anchors and aliases
+            include('descriptors'),
+            # nested collections and quoted scalars
+            include('flow-nodes'),
+            # a plain scalar
+            (r'(?=[^\s?:,\[\]{}#&*!|>\'"%@`])',
+             something(token.Name.Variable),
+             'plain-scalar-in-flow-context'),
+        ],
+
+        # a flow sequence indicated by '[' and ']'
+        'flow-sequence': [
+            # include flow collection rules
+            include('flow-collection'),
+            # the closing indicator
+            (r'\]', token.Punctuation.Indicator, '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # a flow mapping indicated by '{' and '}'
+        'flow-mapping': [
+            # key with colon
+            (r'([^,:?\[\]{}\n]+)(:)(?=[ ]|$)',
+             bygroups(token.Name.Tag, token.Punctuation)),
+            # include flow collection rules
+            include('flow-collection'),
+            # the closing indicator
+            (r'\}', token.Punctuation.Indicator, '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # block scalar lines
+        'block-scalar-content': [
+            # line break
+            (r'\n', token.Text),
+            # empty line
+            (r'^[ ]+$',
+             parse_block_scalar_empty_line(token.Text, token.Name.Constant)),
+            # indentation spaces (we may leave the state here)
+            (r'^[ ]*', parse_block_scalar_indent(token.Text)),
+            # line content
+            (r'[\S\t ]+', token.Name.Constant),
+        ],
+
+        # the content of a literal or folded scalar
+        'block-scalar-header': [
+            # indentation indicator followed by chomping flag
+            (r'([1-9])?[+-]?(?=[ ]|$)',
+             set_block_scalar_indent(token.Punctuation.Indicator),
+             'ignored-line'),
+            # chomping flag followed by indentation indicator
+            (r'[+-]?([1-9])?(?=[ ]|$)',
+             set_block_scalar_indent(token.Punctuation.Indicator),
+             'ignored-line'),
+        ],
+
+        # ignored and regular whitespaces in quoted scalars
+        'quoted-scalar-whitespaces': [
+            # leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored
+            (r'^[ ]+', token.Text),
+            (r'[ ]+$', token.Text),
+            # line breaks are ignored
+            (r'\n+', token.Text),
+            # other whitespaces are a part of the value
+            (r'[ ]+', token.Name.Variable),
+        ],
+
+        # single-quoted scalars
+        'single-quoted-scalar': [
+            # include whitespace and line break rules
+            include('quoted-scalar-whitespaces'),
+            # escaping of the quote character
+            (r'\'\'', token.String.Escape),
+            # regular non-whitespace characters
+            (r'[^\s\']+', token.String),
+            # the closing quote
+            (r'\'', token.String, '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # double-quoted scalars
+        'double-quoted-scalar': [
+            # include whitespace and line break rules
+            include('quoted-scalar-whitespaces'),
+            # escaping of special characters
+            (r'\\[0abt\tn\nvfre "\\N_LP]', token.String),
+            # escape codes
+            (r'\\(?:x[0-9A-Fa-f]{2}|u[0-9A-Fa-f]{4}|U[0-9A-Fa-f]{8})',
+             token.String.Escape),
+            # regular non-whitespace characters
+            (r'[^\s"\\]+', token.String),
+            # the closing quote
+            (r'"', token.String, '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # the beginning of a new line while scanning a plain scalar
+        'plain-scalar-in-block-context-new-line': [
+            # empty lines
+            (r'^[ ]+$', token.Text),
+            # line breaks
+            (r'\n+', token.Text),
+            # document start and document end indicators
+            (r'^(?=---|\.\.\.)', something(token.Name.Namespace), '#pop:3'),
+            # indentation spaces (we may leave the block line state here)
+            (r'^[ ]*', parse_plain_scalar_indent(token.Text), '#pop'),
+        ],
+
+        # a plain scalar in the block context
+        'plain-scalar-in-block-context': [
+            # the scalar ends with the ':' indicator
+            (r'[ ]*(?=:[ ]|:$)', something(token.Text), '#pop'),
+            # the scalar ends with whitespaces followed by a comment
+            (r'[ ]+(?=#)', token.Text, '#pop'),
+            # trailing whitespaces are ignored
+            (r'[ ]+$', token.Text),
+            # line breaks are ignored
+            (r'\n+', token.Text, 'plain-scalar-in-block-context-new-line'),
+            # other whitespaces are a part of the value
+            (r'[ ]+', token.Literal.Scalar.Plain),
+            # regular non-whitespace characters
+            (r'(?::(?!\s)|[^\s:])+', token.Literal.Scalar.Plain),
+        ],
+
+        # a plain scalar is the flow context
+        'plain-scalar-in-flow-context': [
+            # the scalar ends with an indicator character
+            (r'[ ]*(?=[,:?\[\]{}])', something(token.Text), '#pop'),
+            # the scalar ends with a comment
+            (r'[ ]+(?=#)', token.Text, '#pop'),
+            # leading and trailing whitespaces are ignored
+            (r'^[ ]+', token.Text),
+            (r'[ ]+$', token.Text),
+            # line breaks are ignored
+            (r'\n+', token.Text),
+            # other whitespaces are a part of the value
+            (r'[ ]+', token.Name.Variable),
+            # regular non-whitespace characters
+            (r'[^\s,:?\[\]{}]+', token.Name.Variable),
+        ],
+
+    }
+
+    def get_tokens_unprocessed(self, text=None, context=None):
+        if context is None:
+            context = AnsibleYamlLexerContext(text, 0)
+        return super(AnsibleYamlLexer, self).get_tokens_unprocessed(text, context)
+
+
+class AnsibleYamlJinjaLexer(DelegatingLexer):
+    """
+    Subclass of the `DjangoLexer` that highlights unlexed data with the
+    `AnsibleYamlLexer`.
+
+    Commonly used in Saltstack salt states.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.0
+    """
+
+    name = 'YAML+Jinja'
+    aliases = ['yaml+jinja']
+    filenames = ['*.sls']
+    mimetypes = ['text/x-yaml+jinja']
+
+    def __init__(self, **options):
+        super(AnsibleYamlJinjaLexer, self).__init__(AnsibleYamlLexer, DjangoLexer, **options)
+
+
+# ####################################################################################################
+# # Sphinx plugin ####################################################################################
+# ####################################################################################################
+
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__license__ = "BSD license"
+__author__ = "Felix Fontein"
+__author_email__ = "felix@fontein.de"
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    """ Initializer for Sphinx extension API.
+        See http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/extdev/index.html#dev-extensions.
+    """
+    for lexer in [AnsibleYamlLexer(startinline=True), AnsibleYamlJinjaLexer(startinline=True)]:
+        app.add_lexer(lexer.name, lexer)
+        for alias in lexer.aliases:
+            app.add_lexer(alias, lexer)
+
+    return dict(version=__version__, parallel_read_safe=True)
diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py b/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
index 35c46b672c..00d4e54c86 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import os
 # sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('some/directory'))
 #
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join('ansible', 'lib'))
-sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('_themes'))
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '_extensions')))
 
 VERSION = '2.6'
 AUTHOR = 'Ansible, Inc'
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AUTHOR = 'Ansible, Inc'
 # They can be extensions
 # coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
 # TEST: 'sphinxcontrib.fulltoc'
-extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx']
+extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx', 'pygments_lexer']
 
 # Later on, add 'sphinx.ext.viewcode' to the list if you want to have
 # colorized code generated too for references.
diff --git a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py
index 15e882ceee..2d366b6ffb 100755
--- a/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py
+++ b/test/sanity/code-smell/docs-build.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def main():
     }
 
     ignore_codes = [
-        'literal-block-lex-error',
         'reference-target-not-found',
         'not-in-toc-tree',
     ]