diff --git a/src/Generators/Generator.php b/src/Generators/Generator.php
index 483cae800f..9d27ace938 100644
--- a/src/Generators/Generator.php
+++ b/src/Generators/Generator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Ruleset;
 use PHP_CodeSniffer\Autoload;
+use PHP_CodeSniffer\Util;
 
 abstract class Generator
 {
@@ -45,16 +46,17 @@ public function __construct(Ruleset $ruleset)
         $this->ruleset = $ruleset;
 
         foreach ($ruleset->sniffs as $className => $sniffClass) {
-            $file    = Autoload::getLoadedFileName($className);
-            $docFile = str_replace(
+            $file      = Autoload::getLoadedFileName($className);
+            $docFile   = str_replace(
                 DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Sniffs'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
                 DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'Docs'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
                 $file
             );
-            $docFile = str_replace('Sniff.php', 'Standard.xml', $docFile);
+            $docFile   = str_replace('Sniff.php', 'Standard.xml', $docFile);
+            $sniffCode = Util\Common::getSniffCode($className);
 
             if (is_file($docFile) === true) {
-                $this->docFiles[] = $docFile;
+                $this->docFiles[$sniffCode] = $docFile;
             }
         }
 
@@ -77,6 +79,28 @@ protected function getTitle(\DOMNode $doc)
     }//end getTitle()
 
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the code of the sniff from the DOMNode supplied.
+     *
+     * @param \DOMNode $doc The DOMNode object for the sniff.
+     *                      It represents the "documentation" tag in the XML
+     *                      standard file.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getSniffCode(\DOMNode $doc)
+    {
+        $code = $doc->getAttribute('code');
+
+        if (empty($code) === true) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return $code;
+
+    }//end getSniffCode()
+
+
     /**
      * Generates the documentation for a standard.
      *
@@ -89,10 +113,15 @@ protected function getTitle(\DOMNode $doc)
      */
     public function generate()
     {
-        foreach ($this->docFiles as $file) {
+        foreach ($this->docFiles as $code => $file) {
             $doc = new \DOMDocument();
             $doc->load($file);
             $documentation = $doc->getElementsByTagName('documentation')->item(0);
+
+            if (empty($documentation->getAttribute('code')) === true) {
+                $documentation->setAttribute('code', $code);
+            }
+
             $this->processSniff($documentation);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Generators/HTML.php b/src/Generators/HTML.php
index 55acd9e172..fba43c6e71 100644
--- a/src/Generators/HTML.php
+++ b/src/Generators/HTML.php
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ public function generate()
         $this->printHeader();
         $this->printToc();
 
-        foreach ($this->docFiles as $file) {
+        foreach ($this->docFiles as $code => $file) {
             $doc = new \DOMDocument();
             $doc->load($file);
             $documentation = $doc->getElementsByTagName('documentation')->item(0);
+
+            if (empty($documentation->getAttribute('code')) === true) {
+                $documentation->setAttribute('code', $code);
+            }
+
             $this->processSniff($documentation);
         }
 
@@ -194,6 +199,11 @@ public function processSniff(\DOMNode $doc)
         echo '  <a name="'.str_replace(' ', '-', $title).'" />'.PHP_EOL;
         echo "  <h2>$title</h2>".PHP_EOL;
 
+        $code = $this->getSniffCode($doc);
+        if (empty($code) === false) {
+            echo "  <code>$code</code>".PHP_EOL;
+        }
+
         foreach ($doc->childNodes as $node) {
             if ($node->nodeName === 'standard') {
                 $this->printTextBlock($node);
diff --git a/src/Generators/Markdown.php b/src/Generators/Markdown.php
index 23bed27e20..39bf20b269 100644
--- a/src/Generators/Markdown.php
+++ b/src/Generators/Markdown.php
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ public function generate()
         ob_start();
         $this->printHeader();
 
-        foreach ($this->docFiles as $file) {
+        foreach ($this->docFiles as $code => $file) {
             $doc = new \DOMDocument();
             $doc->load($file);
             $documentation = $doc->getElementsByTagName('documentation')->item(0);
+
+            if (empty($documentation->getAttribute('code')) === true) {
+                $documentation->setAttribute('code', $code);
+            }
+
             $this->processSniff($documentation);
         }
 
@@ -86,6 +91,11 @@ protected function processSniff(\DOMNode $doc)
         $title = $this->getTitle($doc);
         echo PHP_EOL."## $title".PHP_EOL;
 
+        $code = $this->getSniffCode($doc);
+        if (empty($code) === false) {
+            echo PHP_EOL."`$code`".PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
+        }
+
         foreach ($doc->childNodes as $node) {
             if ($node->nodeName === 'standard') {
                 $this->printTextBlock($node);
diff --git a/src/Generators/Text.php b/src/Generators/Text.php
index 7ec95ec9c7..d67ae521b0 100644
--- a/src/Generators/Text.php
+++ b/src/Generators/Text.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ public function processSniff(\DOMNode $doc)
     {
         $this->printTitle($doc);
 
+        $code = $this->getSniffCode($doc);
+        if (empty($code) === false) {
+            echo "$code".PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
+        }
+
         foreach ($doc->childNodes as $node) {
             if ($node->nodeName === 'standard') {
                 $this->printTextBlock($node);