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 ### Alternating transitions
 The global presentation transition is set using the ```transition``` config value. You can override the global transition for a specific slide by using the ```data-transition``` attribute:
 
-```javascript
+```html
 <section data-transition="zoom">
 	<h2>This slide will override the presentation transition and zoom!</h2>
 </section>