diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fc6d8a39..1a5e815f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,15 +20,14 @@ Unwanted files must be excluded via `MANIFEST.in`.
 The preferred way to configure [setuptools-scm] is to author
 settings in a `tool.setuptools_scm` section of `pyproject.toml`.
 
-This feature requires setuptools 60 or later.
+This feature requires setuptools 61 or later.
 First, ensure that [setuptools-scm] is present during the project's
 build step by specifying it as one of the build requirements.
 
-```toml
+```toml title="pyproject.toml"
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=60",
-    "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 ```
 
 That will be sufficient to require [setuptools-scm] for projects
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ dynamically in the `project` section of `pyproject.toml`:
 [project]
 # version = "0.0.1"  # Remove any existing version parameter.
 dynamic = ["version"]
+
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/customizing.md b/docs/customizing.md
index 9236531d..b4bc7a15 100644
--- a/docs/customizing.md
+++ b/docs/customizing.md
@@ -31,13 +31,10 @@ setup(use_scm_version={"version_scheme": myversion_func})
 ```
 
 
-``` { .python title="pyproject.toml" file="docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml" }
+``` { .toml title="pyproject.toml" file="docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml" }
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-  "setuptools>=64",
-  "setuptools_scm>=8",
-  "wheel",
-]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "scm-example"
@@ -49,9 +46,6 @@ dynamic = [
 ```
 
 - [ ] add a build block that adds example output
-- [ ] correct config after [entangled mkdocs bug] is fixed
-
-[entangled mkdocs bug]: https://github.com/entangled/mkdocs-plugin/issues/1
 
 
 
diff --git a/docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml b/docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml
index 05da2f60..10ef31d4 100644
--- a/docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml
+++ b/docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 # ~/~ begin <<docs/customizing.md#docs/examples/version_scheme_code/pyproject.toml>>[init]
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-  "setuptools>=64",
-  "setuptools_scm>=8",
-  "wheel",
-]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "scm-example"
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index d1c3995e..eff1bc94 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ Note: `setuptools_scm>=8` intentionally doesn't depend on setuptools to ease non
 Please ensure a recent version of setuptools (>=64) is installed.
 
 
-```toml
-# pyproject.toml
+```toml title="pyproject.toml"
 [build-system]
-requires = [
-    "setuptools>=64",
-    "setuptools_scm>=8",
-    "wheel",
-]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [project]
 name = "example"
 # Important: Remove any existing version declaration
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 83927963..bd0bc7b6 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ settings in the `tool.setuptools_scm` section of `pyproject.toml`.
 
 It's necessary to use a setuptools version released after 2022.
 
-```toml
-# pyproject.toml
+```toml title="pyproject.toml"
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=62", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=8.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 # version = "0.0.1"  # Remove any existing version parameter.
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ Tools that still invoke `setup.py` must ensure build requirements are installed
 
 ### version files
 
-```toml
-# pyproject.toml
+```toml title="pyproject.toml"
 ...
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
 version_file = "pkg/_version.py"
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@ you can retrieve it at runtime from PEP-0566_ metadata using
 ``importlib.metadata`` from the standard library (added in Python 3.8)
 or the `importlib_metadata`_ backport:
 
-```python
-# contents of package_name/__init__.py
+```python title="package_name/__init__.py"
 from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 try:
@@ -257,7 +255,7 @@ be kept in version control. It's strongly recommended to be put into gitignore.
 
 
 
-### File finders hook makes most of MANIFEST.in unnecessary
+### File finders hook makes most of `MANIFEST.in` unnecessary
 
 `setuptools_scm` implements a [file_finders] entry point
 which returns all files tracked by your SCM.