diff --git a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor-support/src/main/resources/extensions/operation_block_macro.rb b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor-support/src/main/resources/extensions/operation_block_macro.rb
index a15ee805..8b37bc63 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor-support/src/main/resources/extensions/operation_block_macro.rb
+++ b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor-support/src/main/resources/extensions/operation_block_macro.rb
@@ -48,9 +48,15 @@ class OperationBlockMacro < Asciidoctor::Extensions::BlockMacroProcessor
   def add_blocks(content, doc, parent)
     options = { safe: doc.options[:safe], attributes: doc.attributes }
     fragment = Asciidoctor.load content, options
+    # use a template to get the correct sectname and level for blocks to append
+    template = create_section(parent, '', {})
     fragment.blocks.each do |b|
       b.parent = parent
-      b.level += parent.level
+      # might be a standard block and no section in case of 'No snippets were found for operation'
+      if b.respond_to?(:sectname)
+        b.sectname = template.sectname
+      end
+      b.level = template.level
       parent << b
     end
     parent.find_by.each do |b|
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/asciidoctor/AbstractOperationBlockMacroTests.java b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/asciidoctor/AbstractOperationBlockMacroTests.java
index 31bbda40..369c8266 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/asciidoctor/AbstractOperationBlockMacroTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/asciidoctor/AbstractOperationBlockMacroTests.java
@@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractOperationBlockMacroTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void includeSnippetInSection() throws Exception {
-		String result = this.asciidoctor.convert(
-				"= A\n\nAlpha\n\n== B\n\nBravo\n\n" + "operation::some-operation[snippets='curl-request']",
-				this.options);
+		String result = this.asciidoctor.convert("= A\n:doctype: book\n:sectnums:\n\nAlpha\n\n== B\n\nBravo\n\n"
+				+ "operation::some-operation[snippets='curl-request']\n\n== C\n", this.options);
 		assertThat(result).isEqualTo(getExpectedContentFromFile("snippet-in-section"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/resources/operations/snippet-in-section.html b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/resources/operations/snippet-in-section.html
index 0bc6f272..a8ec3f47 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/resources/operations/snippet-in-section.html
+++ b/spring-restdocs-asciidoctor/src/test/resources/operations/snippet-in-section.html
@@ -6,18 +6,24 @@
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_b">B</h2>
+<h2 id="_b">1. B</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph">
 <p>Bravo</p>
 </div>
 <div class="sect2">
-<h3 id="_b_curl_request">Curl request</h3>
+<h3 id="_b_curl_request">1.1. Curl request</h3>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">$ curl 'http://localhost:8080/' -i</code></pre>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_c">2. C</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+
 </div>
 </div>
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