diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/65-rst-pipe.yml b/changelogs/fragments/65-rst-pipe.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceea857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/65-rst-pipe.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "Make sure to also escape pipes (``\\|``) in reStructured Text (https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs-parser/pull/65)."
diff --git a/src/antsibull_docs_parser/rst.py b/src/antsibull_docs_parser/rst.py
index b610534..cf9aa0c 100644
--- a/src/antsibull_docs_parser/rst.py
+++ b/src/antsibull_docs_parser/rst.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def rst_escape(
     value = value.replace("_", "\\_")
     value = value.replace("*", "\\*")
     value = value.replace("`", "\\`")
+    value = value.replace("|", "\\|")
 
     # RST does not like it when the inside of `...` starts or ends with a whitespace
     # (here, all kind of whitespaces count, not just spaces...)
diff --git a/test-vectors.yaml b/test-vectors.yaml
index 9019874..37c6167 100644
--- a/test-vectors.yaml
+++ b/test-vectors.yaml
@@ -1621,3 +1621,17 @@ test_vectors:
       -------------
       x [[ERROR while parsing: While parsing "M(föø  \t b\nz \r m)" at index 125: Module name "föø b z m" is not a FQCN]]
         `  '`  '*    *`    '
+  pipe_symbol:
+    source: Use C(0)|C(1).
+    html: |-
+      <p>Use <code class='docutils literal notranslate'>0</code>|<code class='docutils literal notranslate'>1</code>.</p>
+    html_plain: |-
+      <p>Use <code>0</code>|<code>1</code>.</p>
+    md: |-
+      Use <code>0</code>\|<code>1</code>\.
+    rst: |-
+      Use :literal:`0`\ \|\ :literal:`1`.
+    rst_plain: |-
+      Use :literal:`0`\ \|\ :literal:`1`.
+    ansible_doc_text: |-
+      Use `0'|`1'.
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_rst.py b/tests/unit/test_rst.py
index f54c9e9..5f28a18 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_rst.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_rst.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def test_rst_escape():
     assert rst_escape("") == ""
     assert rst_escape("  foo  ") == "  foo  "
     assert rst_escape("  foo  ", True) == "\\   foo  \\ "
-    assert rst_escape("\\<_>`*<_>*`\\") == "\\\\\\<\\_\\>\\`\\*\\<\\_\\>\\*\\`\\\\"
+    assert rst_escape("\\<_>`*<_>*`\\|") == "\\\\\\<\\_\\>\\`\\*\\<\\_\\>\\*\\`\\\\\\|"
 
 
 def test_postprocess_rst_paragraph():