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diff --git a/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py b/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
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--- a/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
+++ b/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
@@ -49,7 +49,17 @@ Language tags:
<pre><code class="python"># Some python code
</code></pre>
-Optionally backticks instead of tildes as per how github's code block markdown is identified.
+Optionally backticks instead of tildes as per how github's code block markdown is identified:
+
+ >>> text = '''
+ ... `````
+ ... # Arbitrary code
+ ... ~~~~~ # these tildes will not close the block
+ ... `````'''
+ >>> print markdown.markdown(text, extensions=['fenced_code'])
+ <pre><code># Arbitrary code
+ ~~~~~ # these tildes will not close the block
+ </code></pre>
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