diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index b412299..8418ef1 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ func mergeListItemNodes(nodes []ast.Node) []ast.Node {
 			switch nodes[i].(type) {
 			case *ast.OrderedListItem:
 				listKind = ast.OrderedList
-			case *ast.UnorderedListItem, *ast.TaskListItem:
+			case *ast.UnorderedListItem:
 				listKind = ast.UnorderedList
+			case *ast.TaskListItem:
+				listKind = ast.DescrpitionList
 			}
 			if prevResultNode == nil || prevResultNode.Type() != ast.ListNode || prevResultNode.(*ast.List).Kind != listKind {
 				prevResultNode = &ast.List{
diff --git a/parser/tests/parser_test.go b/parser/tests/parser_test.go
index e0902b8..ddff7f8 100644
--- a/parser/tests/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/tests/parser_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				&ast.List{
-					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
+					Kind: ast.DescrpitionList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.TaskListItem{
 							Symbol:   tokenizer.Hyphen,
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			text: "- [ ] hello\n- [x] world",
 			nodes: []ast.Node{
 				&ast.List{
-					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
+					Kind: ast.DescrpitionList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.TaskListItem{
 							Symbol:   tokenizer.Hyphen,
diff --git a/renderer/html/html_test.go b/renderer/html/html_test.go
index 6eb4363..2564f87 100644
--- a/renderer/html/html_test.go
+++ b/renderer/html/html_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestHTMLRenderer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			text:     "- [ ] hello\n- [x] world",
-			expected: `<ul><li><input type="checkbox" disabled />hello</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" checked disabled />world</li></ul>`,
+			expected: `<dl><li><input type="checkbox" disabled />hello</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" checked disabled />world</li></dl>`,
 		},
 	}