diff --git a/lib/rules_block/list.js b/lib/rules_block/list.js
index 6569cec..32a2d72 100644
--- a/lib/rules_block/list.js
+++ b/lib/rules_block/list.js
@@ -98,43 +98,73 @@ function markTightParagraphs(state, idx) {
 
 
 module.exports = function list(state, startLine, endLine, silent) {
-  var nextLine,
+  var ch,
+      contentStart,
+      i,
+      indent,
+      indentAfterMarker,
       initial,
+      isOrdered,
+      itemLines,
+      l,
+      listLines,
+      listTokIdx,
+      markerCharCode,
+      markerValue,
+      max,
+      nextLine,
       offset,
-      indent,
-      oldTShift,
       oldIndent,
       oldLIndent,
-      oldTight,
       oldParentType,
-      start,
-      posAfterMarker,
-      ch,
+      oldTShift,
+      oldTight,
       pos,
-      max,
-      indentAfterMarker,
-      markerValue,
-      markerCharCode,
-      isOrdered,
-      contentStart,
-      listTokIdx,
+      posAfterMarker,
       prevEmptyEnd,
-      listLines,
-      itemLines,
-      tight = true,
+      start,
+      terminate,
       terminatorRules,
       token,
-      i, l, terminate;
+      isTerminatingParagraph = false,
+      tight = true;
+
+  // limit conditions when list can interrupt
+  // a paragraph (validation mode only)
+  if (silent && state.parentType === 'paragraph') {
+    // Next list item should still terminate previous list item;
+    //
+    // This code can fail if plugins use blkIndent as well as lists,
+    // but I hope the spec gets fixed long before that happens.
+    //
+    if (state.tShift[startLine] >= state.blkIndent) {
+      isTerminatingParagraph = true;
+    }
+  }
 
   // Detect list type and position after marker
   if ((posAfterMarker = skipOrderedListMarker(state, startLine)) >= 0) {
     isOrdered = true;
+    start = state.bMarks[startLine] + state.tShift[startLine];
+    markerValue = Number(state.src.substr(start, posAfterMarker - start - 1));
+
+    // If we're starting a new ordered list right after
+    // a paragraph, it should start with 1.
+    if (isTerminatingParagraph && markerValue !== 1) return false;
+
   } else if ((posAfterMarker = skipBulletListMarker(state, startLine)) >= 0) {
     isOrdered = false;
+
   } else {
     return false;
   }
 
+  // If we're starting a new unordered list right after
+  // a paragraph, first line should not be empty.
+  if (isTerminatingParagraph) {
+    if (state.skipSpaces(posAfterMarker) >= state.eMarks[startLine]) return false;
+  }
+
   // We should terminate list on style change. Remember first one to compare.
   markerCharCode = state.src.charCodeAt(posAfterMarker - 1);
 
@@ -145,8 +175,6 @@ module.exports = function list(state, startLine, endLine, silent) {
   listTokIdx = state.tokens.length;
 
   if (isOrdered) {
-    start = state.bMarks[startLine] + state.tShift[startLine];
-    markerValue = Number(state.src.substr(start, posAfterMarker - start - 1));
     token       = state.push('ordered_list_open', 'ol', 1);
     if (markerValue !== 1) {
       token.attrs = [ [ 'start', markerValue ] ];
diff --git a/test/fixtures/commonmark/bad.txt b/test/fixtures/commonmark/bad.txt
index 21c6220..3dcb8d5 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/commonmark/bad.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/commonmark/bad.txt
@@ -18,69 +18,3 @@ error:
 </blockquote>
 
 
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-src line: 4214
-
-.
-foo
-*
-
-foo
-1.
-.
-<p>foo
-*</p>
-<p>foo
-1.</p>
-.
-
-error:
-
-<p>foo</p>
-<ul>
-<li></li>
-</ul>
-<p>foo</p>
-<ol>
-<li></li>
-</ol>
-
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-src line: 4866
-
-.
-The number of windows in my house is
-14.  The number of doors is 6.
-.
-<p>The number of windows in my house is
-14.  The number of doors is 6.</p>
-.
-
-error:
-
-<p>The number of windows in my house is</p>
-<ol start="14">
-<li>The number of doors is 6.</li>
-</ol>
-
-
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-src line: 6137
-
-.
-*foo bar
-*
-.
-<p>*foo bar
-*</p>
-.
-
-error:
-
-<p>*foo bar</p>
-<ul>
-<li></li>
-</ul>
-
-
diff --git a/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt b/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
index c04ffa9..ec87519 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
+++ b/test/fixtures/commonmark/good.txt
@@ -3373,6 +3373,22 @@ src line: 4204
 </ul>
 .
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+src line: 4214
+
+.
+foo
+*
+
+foo
+1.
+.
+<p>foo
+*</p>
+<p>foo
+1.</p>
+.
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 src line: 4236
 
@@ -3716,6 +3732,17 @@ Foo
 </ul>
 .
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+src line: 4866
+
+.
+The number of windows in my house is
+14.  The number of doors is 6.
+.
+<p>The number of windows in my house is
+14.  The number of doors is 6.</p>
+.
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 src line: 4876
 
@@ -4708,6 +4735,17 @@ src line: 6128
 <p>*foo bar *</p>
 .
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+src line: 6137
+
+.
+*foo bar
+*
+.
+<p>*foo bar
+*</p>
+.
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 src line: 6150