diff --git a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
index 476555ba..36b55506 100644
--- a/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
+++ b/docs/_static/theme_overrides.css
@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@
     font-family: FontAwesome;
     display: inline-block;
 }
+
+/* make whitespace visualization in code listings not appear on same vertical position as dashes */
+.highlight .w {
+    vertical-align: 10%;
+}
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