Index: django/trunk/django/contrib/markup/templatetags/markup.py
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@@ -42,18 +42,17 @@
 
 def restructuredtext(value):
     try:
-        from docutils.core import publish_parts
+        from docutils.core import publish_string
     except ImportError:
         if settings.DEBUG:
             raise template.TemplateSyntaxError, "Error in {% restructuredtext %} filter: The Python docutils library isn't installed."
         return force_unicode(value)
     else:
         docutils_settings = getattr(settings, "RESTRUCTUREDTEXT_FILTER_SETTINGS", {})
-        parts = publish_parts(source=smart_str(value), writer_name="html4css1", settings_overrides=docutils_settings)
-        return force_unicode(parts["fragment"])
+        result = publish_string(source=smart_str(value), writer_name="html4css1", settings_overrides=docutils_settings)
+        return force_unicode(result)
 
 register.filter(textile)
 register.filter(markdown)
 register.filter(restructuredtext)
 
-