diff --git a/components/JsonEditor.tsx b/components/JsonEditor.tsx
index c7870e7ca..11b13487c 100644
--- a/components/JsonEditor.tsx
+++ b/components/JsonEditor.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ type Meta = {
   valid?: boolean;
   isSchema?: boolean;
   indent?: boolean;
+  highlightLines?: string;
+  highlightLineStart?: number;
+  highlightLineEnd?: number;
 };
 
 type Path = number[];
@@ -60,6 +63,43 @@ type MultipathDecoration = {
   syntaxPart: SyntaxPart;
 };
 
+function parseHighlightLines(meta: Meta | null): Set<number> {
+  const out = new Set<number>();
+  if (!meta) return out;
+
+  // Support start/end range
+  if (
+    typeof meta.highlightLineStart === 'number' &&
+    typeof meta.highlightLineEnd === 'number'
+  ) {
+    const start = Math.min(meta.highlightLineStart, meta.highlightLineEnd);
+    const end = Math.max(meta.highlightLineStart, meta.highlightLineEnd);
+    for (let i = start; i <= end; i++) out.add(i);
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  // Support highlightLines string: "5" or "2-9" or "2-5,7,9-10"
+  const input = meta.highlightLines;
+  if (!input) return out;
+
+  for (const part of input
+    .split(',')
+    .map((p) => p.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean)) {
+    const m = part.match(/^(\d+)(?:-(\d+))?$/);
+    if (!m) continue;
+
+    const start = Number(m[1]);
+    const end = m[2] ? Number(m[2]) : start;
+
+    const lo = Math.min(start, end);
+    const hi = Math.max(start, end);
+
+    for (let i = lo; i <= hi; i++) out.add(i);
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
 const META_REGEX = /^\s*\/\/ props (?<meta>{.*}).*\n/;
 
 // Prevent annoying error messages because slate is not SSR ready
@@ -358,6 +398,10 @@ export default function JsonEditor({
       return null;
     }
   }, [codeContent, isJsonMode]);
+  const highlightedLines = React.useMemo(
+    () => parseHighlightLines(meta),
+    [meta],
+  );
 
   const parsedCode: null | any = React.useMemo(() => {
     try {
@@ -698,9 +742,13 @@ export default function JsonEditor({
               const line = path[0] + 1;
               /* istanbul ignore else : no else block to test */
               if (element.type === 'paragraph') {
+                const isHighlighted = highlightedLines.has(line);
                 return (
                   <span
-                    className='relative flex flex-row first:pt-4 last:pb-4 '
+                    className={cn(
+                      'relative flex flex-row first:pt-4 last:pb-4',
+                      isHighlighted && 'bg-white/10',
+                    )}
                     {...attributes}
                   >
                     <span
diff --git a/cypress/components/JsonEditor.cy.tsx b/cypress/components/JsonEditor.cy.tsx
index 8f61f958f..331cc364f 100644
--- a/cypress/components/JsonEditor.cy.tsx
+++ b/cypress/components/JsonEditor.cy.tsx
@@ -164,6 +164,77 @@ describe('JSON Editor Component', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should highlight a single line when highlightLines is provided', () => {
+    const code = `// props { "highlightLines": "2" }
+{
+  "a": 1,
+  "b": 2
+}`;
+
+    cy.mount(<JsonEditor initialCode={code} />);
+
+    // line 2 is the `"a": 1,` line
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('"a"')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+
+    // line 3 should NOT be highlighted
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('"b"')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('not.have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+  });
+
+  it('should highlight a range of lines when highlightLines is a range', () => {
+    const code = `// props { "highlightLines": "1-2" }
+{
+  "a": 1,
+  "b": 2
+}`;
+
+    cy.mount(<JsonEditor initialCode={code} />);
+
+    // line 1 is "{"
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('{')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+
+    // line 2 is `"a": 1,`
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('"a"')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+  });
+  it('should highlight lines using highlightLineStart and highlightLineEnd', () => {
+    const code = `// props { "highlightLineStart": 1, "highlightLineEnd": 2 }
+{
+  "a": 1,
+  "b": 2
+}`;
+
+    cy.mount(<JsonEditor initialCode={code} />);
+
+    // line 1 "{"
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('{')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+
+    // line 2 `"a": 1,`
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('"a"')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+
+    // line 3 `"b": 2` should NOT be highlighted
+    cy.get('[data-test="json-editor"]')
+      .contains('"b"')
+      .closest('span.relative')
+      .should('not.have.class', 'bg-white/10');
+  });
+
   // should render with meta regex props and check schema compliant
   it('should render with meta regex props', () => {
     const schemaCompliantMetaProps =
diff --git a/pages/understanding-json-schema/structuring.md b/pages/understanding-json-schema/structuring.md
index 5aa02de0c..79c0de602 100644
--- a/pages/understanding-json-schema/structuring.md
+++ b/pages/understanding-json-schema/structuring.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ The URI `https://example.com/schemas/address#/properties/street_address`
 identifies the highlighted subschema in the following schema.
 
 ```json
-// props { "isSchema": true }
+// props { "isSchema": true, "highlightLines": "5" }
 {
   "$id": "https://example.com/schemas/address",
   "type": "object",
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ The URI `https://example.com/schemas/address#street_address` identifies
 the subschema on the highlighted part of the following schema.
 
 ```json
-// props { "isSchema": true }
+// props { "isSchema": true, "highlightLines": "5" }
 {
   "$id": "https://example.com/schemas/address",
   "type": "object",