2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
index 02154b5a3..456b23ce8 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/RST.hs
@@ -363,18 +363,18 @@ customCodeBlock = try $ do
 
 -- | The 'math' directive (from Sphinx) for display math.
 mathBlock :: GenParser Char st Block
-mathBlock = mathBlockMultiline <|> mathBlockOneLine
+mathBlock = try $ do
+  string ".. math::"
+  mathBlockMultiline <|> mathBlockOneLine
 
 mathBlockOneLine :: GenParser Char st Block
 mathBlockOneLine = try $ do
-  string ".. math:"
   result <- manyTill anyChar newline
   blanklines
   return $ Para [Math DisplayMath $ removeLeadingTrailingSpace result]
 
 mathBlockMultiline :: GenParser Char st Block
 mathBlockMultiline = try $ do
-  string ".. math::"
   blanklines
   result <- indentedBlock
   -- a single block can contain multiple equations, which need to go
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@ mathBlockMultiline = try $ do
   let startsWithColon (':':_) = True
       startsWithColon _       = False
   let lns' = dropWhile startsWithColon lns
-  let eqs = map unwords $ filter (not . null) $ splitBy null lns'
+  let eqs = map (removeLeadingTrailingSpace . unlines)
+            $ filter (not . null) $ splitBy null lns'
   return $ Para $ map (Math DisplayMath) eqs
 
 lhsCodeBlock :: GenParser Char ParserState Block
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
index 282935bbd..db2ad0dfb 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
@@ -286,9 +286,11 @@ inlineToRST (Str str) = return $ text $ escapeString str
 inlineToRST (Math t str) = do
   modify $ \st -> st{ stHasMath = True }
   return $ if t == InlineMath
-              then ":math:`" <> text str <> "`\\ "
-              else blankline $$ ".. math::" $$ blankline $$
-                   nest 3 (text str) $$ blankline
+              then ":math:`" <> text str <> "`" <> beforeNonBlank "\\ "
+              else if '\n' `elem` str
+                   then blankline $$ ".. math::" $$
+                        blankline $$ nest 3 (text str) $$ blankline
+                   else blankline $$ (".. math:: " <> text str) $$ blankline
 inlineToRST (RawInline _ _) = return empty
 inlineToRST (LineBreak) = return cr -- there's no line break in RST
 inlineToRST Space = return space