diff --git a/Ballerina.gitattributes b/Ballerina.gitattributes
index 791ddd5..53645c4 100644
--- a/Ballerina.gitattributes
+++ b/Ballerina.gitattributes
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 *.bal           text
 *.css           text
 *.df            text
-*.htm           text
-*.html          text
+*.htm           text diff=html
+*.html          text diff=html
 *.js            text
 *.json          text
 *.properties    text
@@ -33,4 +33,3 @@
 *.jpeg          binary
 *.png           binary
 *.so            binary
-
diff --git a/Java.gitattributes b/Java.gitattributes
index d7c18c1..943a29b 100644
--- a/Java.gitattributes
+++ b/Java.gitattributes
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 # These files are text and should be normalized (Convert crlf => lf)
 *.css           text
 *.df            text
-*.htm           text
-*.html          text
+*.htm           text diff=html
+*.html          text diff=html
 *.java          text
 *.js            text
 *.json          text
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@
 *.png           binary
 *.so            binary
 *.war           binary
-
diff --git a/Lua.gitattributes b/Lua.gitattributes
index b48a2ac..0eb17e1 100644
--- a/Lua.gitattributes
+++ b/Lua.gitattributes
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 # Luadoc output
 # =============
-*.html      text
+*.html      text diff=html
 *.css       text