diff --git a/girparser.c b/girparser.c
index 53450baf5..ad676e33f 100644
--- a/girparser.c
+++ b/girparser.c
@@ -2830,7 +2830,8 @@ start_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext *context,
 			       ctx, error))
     goto out;
       if (strcmp ("doc", element_name) == 0 || strcmp ("doc-deprecated", element_name) == 0 ||
-          strcmp ("doc-stability", element_name) == 0 || strcmp ("doc-version", element_name) == 0)
+          strcmp ("doc-stability", element_name) == 0 || strcmp ("doc-version", element_name) == 0 ||
+          strcmp ("docsection", element_name) == 0)
         {
           state_switch (ctx, STATE_PASSTHROUGH);
           goto out;