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+Syntax
+======
+
+Rich can syntax highlight various programming languages with line numbers.
+
+To syntax highlight code, construct a :class:`~rich.syntax.Syntax` object and print it to the console. Here's an example::
+
+    from rich.console import Console
+    from rich.syntax import Syntax
+
+    console = Console()
+    with open("syntax.py", "rt") as code_file:
+        syntax = Syntax(code_file.read(), "python")     
+    console.print(syntax)
+
+You may also use the :meth:`~rich.syntax.Syntax.from_path` alternative constructor which will load the code from disk and auto-detect the file type. The example above could be re-written as follows::
+
+
+    from rich.console import Console
+    from rich.syntax import Syntax
+
+    console = Console()
+    syntax = Syntax.from_path("syntax.py")
+    console.print(syntax)
+
+
+Line numbers
+------------
+
+If you set ``line_numbers=True``, Rich will render a column for line numbers::
+
+    syntax = Syntax.from_path("syntax.py", line_numbers=True)
+
+
+Theme
+-----
+
+The Syntax constructor (and :meth:`~rich.syntax.Syntax.from_path`) accept a ``theme`` attribute which should be the name of a `Pygments theme <https://pygments.org/demo/>`_. It may also be one of the special case theme names "ansi_dark" or "ansi_light" which will use the color theme configured by the terminal.
+
+
+Background color
+----------------
+
+You can override the background color from the theme by supplying a ``background_color`` argument to the constructor. This should be a string in the same format a style definition accepts, .e.g "red", "#ff0000", "rgb(255,0,0)" etc. You may also set the special value "default" which will use the default background color set in the terminal.
+
+
+Syntax CLI
+----------
+
+You can use this class from the command line. Here's how you would syntax highlight a file called "syntax.py"::
+
+    python -m rich.syntax syntax.py
+
+For the full list of arguments, run the following::
+
+    python -m rich.syntax -h
+