diff --git a/scaladoc-testcases/src/tests/annotatedmarkdowncomment.scala b/scaladoc-testcases/src/tests/annotatedmarkdowncomment.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9803a8453a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scaladoc-testcases/src/tests/annotatedmarkdowncomment.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package tests.annotatedmarkdowncomment
+
+/**
+ *
+ *  This comment should be correctly rendered.
+ *
+ *  ```scala
+ *  @experimental
+ *  class NotExperimental extends Any
+ *
+ *  @deprecated
+ *  def commentInSwedish: String = "kommentar"
+ *  ```
+ *
+ *  @syntax markdown
+ */
+class Luokassa
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/FlexmarkSnippetProcessor.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/FlexmarkSnippetProcessor.scala
index eb67e2e1fc2a..0b1bea5df2e9 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/FlexmarkSnippetProcessor.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/snippets/FlexmarkSnippetProcessor.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ object FlexmarkSnippetProcessor:
           case result => result
         }
 
-        node.insertBefore(new ExtendedFencedCodeBlock(node, snippetCompilationResult))
+        node.insertBefore(ExtendedFencedCodeBlock(node, snippetCompilationResult))
         node.unlink()
       }
     }
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/CommentRegex.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/CommentRegex.scala
index 6b1cd970453e..3ff022198446 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/CommentRegex.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/CommentRegex.scala
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ object Regexes {
 
   /** The start of a Scaladoc code block */
   val CodeBlockStartRegex =
-    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\{\{\{)|(?:\u000E<pre(?: [^>]*)?>\u000E))(.*)""")
+    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\{\{\{)|(?:```)|(?:\u000E<pre(?: [^>]*)?>\u000E))(.*)""")
 
   /** The end of a Scaladoc code block */
   val CodeBlockEndRegex =
-    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\}\}\})|(?:\u000E</pre>\u000E))(.*)""")
+    new Regex("""(.*?)((?:\}\}\})|(?:```)|(?:\u000E</pre>\u000E))(.*)""")
 }
diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/Preparser.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/Preparser.scala
index 7e149f7d4a9a..65ed604d64e3 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/Preparser.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/tasty/comments/Preparser.scala
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ object Preparser {
       inCodeBlock: Boolean
     ): PreparsedComment = remaining match {
       case CodeBlockStartRegex(before, marker, after) :: ls if !inCodeBlock =>
-        if (!before.trim.isEmpty && !after.trim.isEmpty)
+        if (before.trim.nonEmpty && after.trim.nonEmpty && marker == "```")
+          go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, before :: (marker + after) :: ls, inCodeBlock = false)
+        else if (before.trim.nonEmpty && after.trim.nonEmpty)
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, before :: marker :: after :: ls, inCodeBlock = false)
-        else if (!before.trim.isEmpty)
+        else if (before.trim.nonEmpty)
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, before :: marker :: ls, inCodeBlock = false)
-        else if (!after.trim.isEmpty)
+        else if (after.trim.nonEmpty && marker != "```")
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, marker :: after :: ls, inCodeBlock = true)
         else lastTagKey match {
           case Some(key) =>
@@ -50,15 +52,15 @@ object Preparser {
               }
             go(docBody, tags + (key -> value), lastTagKey, ls, inCodeBlock = true)
           case None =>
-            go(docBody append endOfLine append marker, tags, lastTagKey, ls, inCodeBlock = true)
+            go(docBody append endOfLine append (marker + after), tags, lastTagKey, ls, inCodeBlock = true)
         }
 
       case CodeBlockEndRegex(before, marker, after) :: ls =>
-        if (!before.trim.isEmpty && !after.trim.isEmpty)
+        if (before.trim.nonEmpty && after.trim.nonEmpty)
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, before :: marker :: after :: ls, inCodeBlock = true)
-        if (!before.trim.isEmpty)
+        if (before.trim.nonEmpty)
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, before :: marker :: ls, inCodeBlock = true)
-        else if (!after.trim.isEmpty)
+        else if (after.trim.nonEmpty)
           go(docBody, tags, lastTagKey, marker :: after :: ls, inCodeBlock = false)
         else lastTagKey match {
           case Some(key) =>