Index: src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/confluence/parser/list/ListBlockParser.java
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--- src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/confluence/parser/list/ListBlockParser.java	(revision 754544)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/confluence/parser/list/ListBlockParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@
     {
         line = line.trim();
 
-        return ( line.startsWith( "*" ) || line.startsWith( "-" ) || line.startsWith( "#" ) );
+        if (line.startsWith("*") || line.startsWith("-") || line.startsWith("#")) {
+        	String temp = line.substring(1);
+        	while (temp.charAt(0) == '*' || temp.charAt(0) == '-' || temp.charAt(0) == '#')
+        		temp = temp.substring(1);
+        	if (temp.charAt(0) == ' ')
+        		return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 }