This rule is triggered when fenced code blocks are either not preceded or not followed by a blank line: ````markdown Some text ``` Code block ``` ``` Another code block ``` Some more text ```` To fix this, ensure that all fenced code blocks have a blank line both before and after (except where the block is at the beginning or end of the document): ````markdown Some text ``` Code block ``` ``` Another code block ``` Some more text ```` Set the `list_items` parameter to `false` to disable this rule for list items. Disabling this behavior for lists can be useful if it is necessary to create a [tight](https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/#tight) list containing a code fence. Rationale: Aside from aesthetic reasons, some parsers, including kramdown, will not parse fenced code blocks that don't have blank lines before and after them.