This one has arguments a a "title" and then the body: .. note:: This is a note admonition. This is the second line of the first paragraph. - The note contains all indented body elements following. - It includes this bullet list. .. admonition:: And, by the way... You can make up your own admonition too. .. sample:: This directive has no arguments, just a body. An image with no body followed by one that has params and a body: .. image:: picture.png .. image:: picture.jpeg :height: 100px :width: 200 px :scale: 50 % :alt: alternate text :align: right .. figure:: picture.png :scale: 50 % :alt: map to buried treasure This is the caption of the figure (a simple paragraph). The legend consists of all elements after the caption. In this case, the legend consists of this paragraph and the following table: +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | Symbol | Meaning | +=======================+=======================+ | .. image:: tent.png | Campground | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | .. image:: waves.png | Lake | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ | .. image:: peak.png | Mountain | +-----------------------+-----------------------+ .. topic:: Topic Title Subsequent indented lines comprise the body of the topic, and are interpreted as body elements. Now a topic with a class, as used by testfixtures: .. topic:: example.cfg :class: read-file :: [A Section] dir = frob Another example: .. sidebar:: Optional Sidebar Title :subtitle: Optional Sidebar Subtitle Subsequent indented lines comprise the body of the sidebar, and are interpreted as body elements. Two directives next to each other: .. skip:: next .. code-block:: python run.append(1) The following topic ens with two lines of whitespace, which is important: .. topic:: example.cfg :class: read-file :: [A Section] dir = frob .. config parser writes whitespace at the end, be careful when testing!