diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
index 05b58c56b63e7..123922c99dd4a 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
@@ -1102,6 +1102,8 @@ proc whichSection(p: RstParser): RstNodeKind =
   of tkPunct:
     if isMarkdownHeadline(p):
       result = rnHeadline
+    elif p.tok[p.idx].symbol == "```":
+      result = rnCodeBlock
     elif match(p, tokenAfterNewline(p), "ai"):
       result = rnHeadline
     elif p.tok[p.idx].symbol == "::":