diff --git a/gherkin-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/GherkinLexicalGrammar.java b/gherkin-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/GherkinLexicalGrammar.java
index a5d7490..6733c58 100644
--- a/gherkin-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/GherkinLexicalGrammar.java
+++ b/gherkin-frontend/src/main/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/GherkinLexicalGrammar.java
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ private static void syntax(LexerlessGrammarBuilder b, String language) {
         + "|@|\\|))"
         + trimmedSentence));
 
-    b.rule(DOC_STRING_PREFIX).is(SPACING, "\"\"\"");
-    b.rule(DOC_STRING_SUFFIX).is(SPACING_NO_COMMENTS, "\"\"\"");
-    b.rule(DOC_STRING_DATA_ROW).is(SPACING_NO_COMMENTS, b.regexp("^(?!\"\"\").+"));
+    b.rule(DOC_STRING_PREFIX).is(SPACING, b.firstOf("\"\"\"", "```"));
+    b.rule(DOC_STRING_SUFFIX).is(SPACING_NO_COMMENTS, b.firstOf("\"\"\"", "```"));
+    b.rule(DOC_STRING_DATA_ROW).is(SPACING_NO_COMMENTS, b.regexp("^(?!(\"\"\"|```)).+"));
     b.rule(DOC_STRING_CONTENT_TYPE).is(b.regexp(".+"));
 
     b.rule(TABLE_DATA_ROW).is(SPACING, b.regexp("\\|.*\\|"));
diff --git a/gherkin-frontend/src/test/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/DocStringTreeTest.java b/gherkin-frontend/src/test/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/DocStringTreeTest.java
index e89ac45..d65fd09 100644
--- a/gherkin-frontend/src/test/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/DocStringTreeTest.java
+++ b/gherkin-frontend/src/test/java/org/sonar/gherkin/parser/DocStringTreeTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public void docString() throws Exception {
 
     tree = checkParsed("\"\"\"\n\"\"\"");
     assertThat(tree.contentType()).isNull();
+    assertThat(tree.prefix().text()).isEqualTo("\"\"\"");
+    assertThat(tree.suffix().text()).isEqualTo("\"\"\"");
     assertThat(tree.data()).hasSize(0);
 
     tree = checkParsed(" \"\"\"\n \"\"\"");
@@ -63,6 +65,18 @@ public void docString() throws Exception {
     assertThat(tree.contentType()).isNotNull();
     assertThat(tree.contentType().text()).isEqualTo("type");
     assertThat(tree.data()).hasSize(2);
+
+    tree = checkParsed("```\n```");
+    assertThat(tree.contentType()).isNull();
+    assertThat(tree.prefix().text()).isEqualTo("```");
+    assertThat(tree.suffix().text()).isEqualTo("```");
+
+    tree = checkParsed("```string\nblabla...\nblabla...\n```");
+    assertThat(tree.contentType()).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(tree.contentType().text()).isEqualTo("string");
+    assertThat(tree.data()).hasSize(2);
+    assertThat(tree.prefix().text()).isEqualTo("```");
+    assertThat(tree.suffix().text()).isEqualTo("```");
   }
 
   @Test