See #1166 and <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#simple-tables>. ``` % pandoc -f rst -t html5 ===== ===== col 1 col 2 ===== ===== 1 Second column of row 1. 2 Second column of row 2. Second line of paragraph. 3 - Second column of row 3. - Second item in bullet list (row 3, column 2). \ Row 4; column 1 will be empty. ===== ===== ^D <table> <thead> <tr class="header"> <th>col 1</th> <th>col 2</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td>1</td> <td>Second column of row 1.</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p>2</p></td> <td><p>Second column of row 2. Second line of paragraph.</p></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p>3</p></td> <td><ul> <li>Second column of row 3.</li> <li>Second item in bullet list (row 3, column 2).</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td></td> <td>Row 4; column 1 will be empty.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> ```