diff --git a/girepository/girparser.c b/girepository/girparser.c
index 63143718d..be88d871a 100644
--- a/girepository/girparser.c
+++ b/girepository/girparser.c
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ typedef enum
   STATE_ALIAS,
   STATE_TYPE,
   STATE_ATTRIBUTE,
-  STATE_PASSTHROUGH
+  STATE_PASSTHROUGH,
+  STATE_DOC_FORMAT,  /* 35 */
 } ParseState;
 
 typedef struct _ParseContext ParseContext;
@@ -3159,6 +3160,11 @@ start_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
           state_switch (ctx, STATE_PASSTHROUGH);
           goto out;
         }
+      else if (strcmp ("doc:format", element_name) == 0)
+        {
+          state_switch (ctx, STATE_DOC_FORMAT);
+          goto out;
+        }
       break;
 
     case 'e':
@@ -3843,6 +3849,10 @@ end_element_handler (GMarkupParseContext  *context,
           state_switch (ctx, ctx->prev_state);
         }
       break;
+    case STATE_DOC_FORMAT:
+      if (require_end_element (context, ctx, "doc:format", element_name, error))
+        state_switch (ctx, STATE_REPOSITORY);
+      break;
 
     case STATE_PASSTHROUGH:
       ctx->unknown_depth -= 1;