diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
index 1fd984a6d..a2f2739a0 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/RST.hs
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ blockToRST (CodeBlock (_,classes,kvs) str) = do
      then return $ prefixed "> " (text str) $$ blankline
      else return $
           (case [c | c <- classes,
-                     c `notElem` ["sourceCode","literate","numberLines"]] of
+                     c `notElem` ["sourceCode","literate","numberLines",
+                                  "number-lines","example"]] of
              []       -> "::"
              (lang:_) -> (".. code:: " <> text lang) $$ numberlines)
           $+$ nest 3 (text str) $$ blankline
diff --git a/test/command/4748.md b/test/command/4748.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1de0fa9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/4748.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f org -t rst
+Before example block.
+#+begin_example
+This is in an example block.
+#+end_example
+After example block.
+^D
+Before example block.
+
+::
+
+   This is in an example block.
+
+After example block.
+```