[Docutils-develop] [docutils:bugs] #515 Wrong statement in "reStructuredText Specification"

Proposed patch:
~~~diff
-- a/docutils/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.rst
+++ b/docutils/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,10 @@ Here are examples of `body elements`_:
   - Footnotes_::
 
         .. [1] A footnote contains body elements, consistently
-           indented by at least 3 spaces.
+         indented by at least 1 space.
+
+            The least indented line sets the reference
+            indentation, so this is a nested block quote.
 
   - Citations_::
~~~
The attached patch also adds some more examples
and moves the paragraph about paragraph alignment to the top of the section


Attachments:

- [0001-Fix-statement-in-rST-Specification-example.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/bugs/_discuss/thread/a50f8b8dab/f886/attachment/0001-Fix-statement-in-rST-Specification-example.patch) (5.1 kB; text/x-patch)


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**[bugs:#515] Wrong statement in "reStructuredText Specification"**

**Status:** open
**Labels:** Documentation 
**Created:** Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:45 AM UTC by Günter Milde
**Last Updated:** Tue Dec 02, 2025 10:45 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody


The rST specification states in one example that
"A footnote contains body elements, consistently indented by at least 3 spaces."
The minimal indentation in rST is one space.


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