diff --git a/corpus/errors/list-break-body.error b/corpus/errors/list-break-body.error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f35411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/list-break-body.error
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+malformed-directive
diff --git a/corpus/errors/list-break-body.md b/corpus/errors/list-break-body.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8011a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/corpus/errors/list-break-body.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- Bolt M8
+
+!adf:listBreak
+Packed.
+!adf:/listBreak
+
+- Nut M8
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
index 3802dfc..b99f357 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.test.ts
@@ -115,5 +115,6 @@ test('closes the containers a closer names past as unclosed, and crosses no list
   assert.deepEqual(faults('> !adf:panel info\n> Part.\n!adf:/panel\n'), [unclosed('panel'), unopened('panel')])
   assert.deepEqual(faults('!adf:panel info\n> !adf:/panel\n!adf:/panel\n'), [unopened('panel')])
   assert.deepEqual(faults('Part.\n\n!adf:/panel\n'), [unopened('panel')])
-  assert.deepEqual(faults('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n'), ['rule takes no body, so no !adf:/rule closes it'])
+  assert.deepEqual(kinds('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n'), ['fault', 'paragraph'])
+  assert.deepEqual(kinds('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\n!adf:/rule\n!adf:/rule\n'), ['fault', 'fault'])
 })
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
index 82281c8..05f3791 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/blocks.ts
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@ type ContainerStart = { kind: 'blockquote'; rest: Line } | { fresh: boolean; ind
 // The line from an absolute column on: a tab a cut splits keeps the stop it is measured against.
 type Line = { column: number; text: string }
 
-type Walk = ParsedBlocks & { leaf: OpenLeaf | undefined; position: SourcePosition; stack: OpenContainer[] }
+type LeafOpener = { index: number; position: SourcePosition }
+
+type Walk = ParsedBlocks & { leaf: OpenLeaf | undefined; leafOpeners: Map<Block[], Map<string, LeafOpener>>; position: SourcePosition; stack: OpenContainer[] }
 
 const indentedCodeColumns = 4
 const largestOpenerIndentation = 3
 const tabStop = 4
 
 export function parseBlocks(markdown: string): ParsedBlocks {
-  const walk: Walk = { blocks: [], definitions: new Map(), leaf: undefined, position: { line: 1, offset: 0 }, stack: [] }
+  const walk: Walk = { blocks: [], definitions: new Map(), leaf: undefined, leafOpeners: new Map(), position: { line: 1, offset: 0 }, stack: [] }
   for (const line of sourceLines(markdown)) {
     walk.position = line.position
     readLine(walk, { column: 0, text: line.text })
@@ -229,15 +231,16 @@ function openDirective(walk: Walk, directive: Extract<DirectiveLine, { kind: 'op
     position: walk.position,
   }
   const parent = currentBlocks(walk)
-  parent.push(block)
+  const index = parent.push(block) - 1
   const { position } = block
-  if (block.blocks !== undefined) walk.stack.push({ blocks: block.blocks, index: parent.length - 1, kind: 'directive', name, parent, position })
+  if (block.blocks !== undefined) walk.stack.push({ blocks: block.blocks, index, kind: 'directive', name, parent, position })
+  else leafOpenersIn(walk, parent).set(name, { index, position })
 }
 
 function closeDirective(walk: Walk, name: string): void {
   const closer = spellDirectiveCloser(name)
   if (blockDirectiveForm(name) === 'leaf') {
-    pushFault(walk, malformedDirective(`${name} takes no body, so no ${closer} closes it`))
+    faultLeafOpener(walk, name, malformedDirective(`${name} takes no body, so no ${closer} closes it`))
     return
   }
   const depth = openDirectiveDepth(walk, name)
@@ -259,6 +262,27 @@ function openDirectiveDepth(walk: Walk, name: string): number | undefined {
   return undefined
 }
 
+// A leaf given a body faults at its opener, as a container missing its closer does.
+function faultLeafOpener(walk: Walk, name: string, fault: ConvertFault): void {
+  const blocks = currentBlocks(walk)
+  const openers = walk.leafOpeners.get(blocks)
+  const opener = openers?.get(name)
+  if (openers === undefined || opener === undefined) {
+    pushFault(walk, fault)
+    return
+  }
+  openers.delete(name)
+  blocks[opener.index] = { fault, kind: 'fault', position: opener.position }
+}
+
+function leafOpenersIn(walk: Walk, blocks: Block[]): Map<string, LeafOpener> {
+  const known = walk.leafOpeners.get(blocks)
+  if (known !== undefined) return known
+  const openers = new Map<string, LeafOpener>()
+  walk.leafOpeners.set(blocks, openers)
+  return openers
+}
+
 function pushFault(walk: Walk, fault: ConvertFault): void {
   currentBlocks(walk).push({ fault, kind: 'fault', position: walk.position })
 }
diff --git a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
index 645eaee..960d8a0 100644
--- a/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
+++ b/src/markdown/parse/markdown-to-adf.test.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,18 @@ test('names the closer that finds no container open where it stands', () => {
   assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('!adf:panel info\n> !adf:/panel\n!adf:/panel\n')), unopened('panel'))
   assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('!adf:panel info\n- !adf:/panel\n!adf:/panel\n')), unopened('panel'))
   assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('!adf:panel info\nPart.\n!adf:/expand\n!adf:/panel\n')), unopened('expand'))
-  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n')), 'malformed-directive: rule takes no body, so no !adf:/rule closes it')
+})
+
+test('names the leaf given a body at its opener, ahead of any refusal the leaf holds itself', () => {
+  const body = (name: string): string => `malformed-directive: ${name} takes no body, so no !adf:/${name} closes it`
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('!adf:rule\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n')), body('rule'))
+  assert.deepEqual(position(markdownToAdf('Part.\n\n!adf:rule\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n')), { line: 3, offset: 7 })
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n\n!adf:listBreak\n!adf:/listBreak\n\n- b\n')), body('listBreak'))
+  assert.equal(content(markdownToAdf('- a\n\n!adf:listBreak\nPart.\n!adf:/listBreak\n\n- b\n')), body('listBreak'))
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\n!adf:rule {localId=a-2}\nPart.\n!adf:/rule\n')), ['content', 1])
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\n!adf:/rule\n!adf:/rule\n')), ['content', 0])
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('Part.\n\n!adf:/rule\n')), ['content', 1])
+  assert.deepEqual(path(markdownToAdf('!adf:panel info\n!adf:rule {localId=a-1}\n!adf:/panel\n!adf:/rule\n')), ['content', 1])
 })
 
 test('names the position a directive name the other one spells belongs to', () => {