diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_bs.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_bs.rb
index f9b86487db2153..afd9d6e9812497 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_bs.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_bs.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ def accept_heading heading
     @res << "\n"
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Prepares the visitor for consuming +list_item+
+
+  def accept_list_item_start list_item
+    type = @list_type.last
+
+    case type
+    when :NOTE, :LABEL then
+      bullets = Array(list_item.label).map do |label|
+        attributes(label).strip
+      end.join "\n"
+
+      bullets << ":\n" unless bullets.empty?
+
+      @prefix = ' ' * @indent
+      @indent += 2
+      @prefix << bullets + (' ' * @indent)
+    else
+      bullet = type == :BULLET ? '*' :  @list_index.last.to_s + '.'
+      @prefix = (' ' * @indent) + bullet.ljust(bullet.length + 1)
+      width = bullet.length + 1
+      @indent += width
+    end
+  end
+
   ##
   # Turns on or off regexp handling for +convert_string+
 
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
index 692904958258d9..88234f5096d122 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/markup/to_rdoc.rb
@@ -145,11 +145,19 @@ def accept_list_item_start list_item
 
     case type
     when :NOTE, :LABEL then
-      bullets = Array(list_item.label).map do |label|
+      stripped_labels = Array(list_item.label).map do |label|
         attributes(label).strip
-      end.join "\n"
+      end
+
+      bullets = case type
+      when :NOTE
+        stripped_labels.map { |b| "#{b}::" }
+      when :LABEL
+        stripped_labels.map { |b| "[#{b}]" }
+      end
 
-      bullets << ":\n" unless bullets.empty?
+      bullets = bullets.join("\n")
+      bullets << "\n" unless stripped_labels.empty?
 
       @prefix = ' ' * @indent
       @indent += 2
diff --git a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markup_to_rdoc.rb b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markup_to_rdoc.rb
index bb30ee52262da2..50f4b6dc8b1e8e 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markup_to_rdoc.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markup_to_rdoc.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def accept_list_item_end_bullet
   end
 
   def accept_list_item_end_label
-    assert_equal "cat:\n", @to.res.join
+    assert_equal "[cat]\n", @to.res.join
     assert_equal 0, @to.indent, 'indent'
   end
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def accept_list_item_end_lalpha
   end
 
   def accept_list_item_end_note
-    assert_equal "cat:\n", @to.res.join
+    assert_equal "cat::\n", @to.res.join
     assert_equal 0, @to.indent, 'indent'
   end
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def accept_list_item_start_bullet
 
   def accept_list_item_start_label
     assert_equal [""], @to.res
-    assert_equal "cat:\n  ", @to.prefix
+    assert_equal "[cat]\n  ", @to.prefix
 
     assert_equal 2, @to.indent
   end
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def accept_list_item_start_lalpha
 
   def accept_list_item_start_note
     assert_equal [""], @to.res
-    assert_equal "cat:\n  ", @to.prefix
+    assert_equal "cat::\n  ", @to.prefix
 
     assert_equal 2, @to.indent
   end
@@ -243,16 +243,16 @@ def accept_heading_suppressed_crossref
   end
 
   def accept_list_item_start_note_2
-    assert_equal "<tt>teletype</tt>:\n  teletype description\n\n", @to.res.join
+    assert_equal "<tt>teletype</tt>::\n  teletype description\n\n", @to.res.join
   end
 
   def accept_list_item_start_note_multi_description
-    assert_equal "label:\n  description one\n\n  description two\n\n",
+    assert_equal "label::\n  description one\n\n  description two\n\n",
                  @to.res.join
   end
 
   def accept_list_item_start_note_multi_label
-    assert_equal "one\ntwo:\n  two headers\n\n", @to.res.join
+    assert_equal "one::\ntwo::\n  two headers\n\n", @to.res.join
   end
 
   def accept_paragraph_b
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ def test_convert_list_note
     NOTE_LIST
 
     expected = <<-EXPECTED
-foo
-bar:
+foo::
+bar::
   hi
 
     EXPECTED