diff --git a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
index 25cea5943..551df9919 100644
--- a/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
+++ b/lib/packages/docutils/rst.nim
@@ -560,9 +560,9 @@ proc match(p: RstParser, start: int, expr: string): bool =
       result = (p.tok[j].kind == tkWord) or (p.tok[j].symbol == "#")
       if result:
         case p.tok[j].symbol[0]
-        of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z': result = len(p.tok[j].symbol) == 1
+        of 'a'..'z', 'A'..'Z', '#': result = len(p.tok[j].symbol) == 1
         of '0'..'9': result = allCharsInSet(p.tok[j].symbol, {'0'..'9'})
-        else: discard
+        else: result = false
     else:
       var c = expr[i]
       var length = 0
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ proc whichSection(p: RstParser): RstNodeKind =
     elif match(p, p.idx, ":w:") and predNL(p):
       # (p.tok[p.idx].symbol == ":")
       result = rnFieldList
-    elif match(p, p.idx, "(e) "):
+    elif match(p, p.idx, "(e) ") or match(p, p.idx, "e. "):
       result = rnEnumList
     elif match(p, p.idx, "+a+"):
       result = rnGridTable
diff --git a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/subdir/subdir_b/utils.html b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/subdir/subdir_b/utils.html
index f2f626459..9ba3c24e1 100644
--- a/nimdoc/testproject/expected/subdir/subdir_b/utils.html
+++ b/nimdoc/testproject/expected/subdir/subdir_b/utils.html
@@ -1281,7 +1281,14 @@ function main() {
 <h2><a class="toc-backref" id="this-is-now-a-header-next-header" href="#this-is-now-a-header-next-header">Next header</a></h2>
 <h3><a class="toc-backref" id="next-header-and-so-on" href="#next-header-and-so-on">And so on</a></h3>
 <h1><a class="toc-backref" id="more-headers" href="#more-headers">More headers</a></h1>
-<h6><a class="toc-backref" id="more-headers-up-to-level-6" href="#more-headers-up-to-level-6">Up to level 6</a></h6></p>
+<h6><a class="toc-backref" id="more-headers-up-to-level-6" href="#more-headers-up-to-level-6">Up to level 6</a></h6><ol class="simple"><li>An enumeration</li>
+<li>Second idea here.</li>
+</ol>
+<p>More text.</p>
+<ol class="simple"><li>Other case value</li>
+<li>Second case.</li>
+</ol>
+</p>
   <div class="section" id="7">
 <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#7">Types</a></h1>
 <dl class="item">
diff --git a/nimdoc/testproject/subdir/subdir_b/utils.nim b/nimdoc/testproject/subdir/subdir_b/utils.nim
index 28c00c755..0576f194f 100644
--- a/nimdoc/testproject/subdir/subdir_b/utils.nim
+++ b/nimdoc/testproject/subdir/subdir_b/utils.nim
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 
 ###### Up to level 6
 
+
+#. An enumeration
+#. Second idea here.
+
+More text.
+
+1. Other case value
+2. Second case.
+
 ]##
 
 type