diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
index 6d05a24544c1c..4bb623d20eb7f 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
@@ -2447,7 +2447,9 @@ proc parseParagraph(p: var RstParser, result: PRstNode) =
           result.addIfNotNil(parseLineBlock(p))
         of rnMarkdownBlockQuote:
           result.addIfNotNil(parseMarkdownBlockQuote(p))
-        else: break
+        else:
+          dec p.idx  # allow subsequent block to be parsed as another section
+          break
       else:
         break
     of tkPunct:
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/trst.nim b/tests/stdlib/trst.nim
index da787d274b977..c32ed17620b87 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/trst.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/trst.nim
@@ -689,6 +689,32 @@ suite "RST parsing":
                 rnLeaf  'desc2'
       """)
 
+  test "definition lists work correctly with additional indentation in Markdown":
+    check(dedent"""
+        Paragraph:
+          -c  desc1
+          -b  desc2
+        """.toAst() ==
+      dedent"""
+        rnInner
+          rnInner
+            rnLeaf  'Paragraph'
+            rnLeaf  ':'
+          rnOptionList
+            rnOptionListItem  order=1
+              rnOptionGroup
+                rnLeaf  '-'
+                rnLeaf  'c'
+              rnDescription
+                rnLeaf  'desc1'
+            rnOptionListItem  order=2
+              rnOptionGroup
+                rnLeaf  '-'
+                rnLeaf  'b'
+              rnDescription
+                rnLeaf  'desc2'
+      """)
+
   test "RST comment":
     check(dedent"""
         .. comment1