# The “aria-label” attribute must not be specified on any “pre” element unless the element has a “role” value other than “caption”, “code”, “deletion”, “emphasis”, “generic”, “insertion”, “paragraph”, “presentation”, “strong”, “subscript”, or “superscript”. > Canonical HTML version: https://rocketvalidator.com/html-validation/the-aria-label-attribute-must-not-be-specified-on-any-pre-element-unless-the-element-has-a-role-value-other-than-caption-code-deletion-emphasis-generic-insertion-paragraph-presentation-strong-subscript-or-superscript > Attribution: Rocket Validator (https://rocketvalidator.com) > License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A `

` element has the implicit role `generic`, which can't have an accessible name, so `aria-label` on a plain `` is an error.

The ARIA specification prohibits names on the roles listed in the message. Screen readers ignore a name set on any of them, so the label never reaches the user. A `` without a `role` attribute counts as `generic`, and the validator rejects its `aria-label` until the element has a role from outside that list.

The fix depends on what the `` holds. ASCII art and text diagrams are pictures made of characters, and a screen reader reads them out one symbol at a time. Add `role="img"` so the `aria-label` replaces that string of symbols with a description. Don't do this for code: the `img` role hides the element's text, and screen reader users would hear the label instead of the code.

For a code block, a visible caption helps sighted readers too. Wrap the `` in a ``, put the description in a ``, and remove the `aria-label`. If the code block scrolls and has `tabindex="0"` so keyboard users can scroll it, `role="region"` gives that focus stop a name and makes the `aria-label` valid.

## Invalid example

```html
   ( (
    ) )
  ........
  |      |]
  \      /
   `----'


const total = price * quantity;
```

## Valid example

```html
   ( (
    ) )
  ........
  |      |]
  \      /
   `----'



  Calculating the order total
  const total = price * quantity;

```