diff --git a/assets/css/content/functions.css b/assets/css/content/functions.css
index ca50e6e12..0ee71f7b9 100644
--- a/assets/css/content/functions.css
+++ b/assets/css/content/functions.css
@@ -85,23 +85,21 @@ in both HTML and ePub. */
   }
 }
 
-/* Docstring headings */
 .content-inner .docstring {
-  & :is(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) {
-    font-weight: 700;
-    font-size: 1em;
-    margin-top: 2em;
-  }
-  /* h1 not expected */
-  & :is(h1, h2) {
-    font-size: 1.1em;
-  }
-  /* h4 the last level expected: smallcaps */
-  & :is(h4) {
-    font-size: .8em;
-    text-transform: uppercase;
-    letter-spacing: .1em;
-    color: var(--textBody);
+  /* Docstring headings: h2-h4 expected; should not apply to admonition blocks within docstring. */
+  & :not(.admonition-title) {
+    &:is(h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6) {
+      font-weight: 700;
+      font-size: 1em;
+      margin-top: 2em;
+    }
+    /* h1 not expected */
+    &:is(h1, h2) {
+      font-size: 1.25em;
+    }
+    &:is(h3) {
+      font-size: 1.1em;
+    }
   }
 }