diff --git a/src/parser/paragraph.rs b/src/parser/paragraph.rs
index ea97408d..e0a12356 100644
--- a/src/parser/paragraph.rs
+++ b/src/parser/paragraph.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ pub fn paragraph<'r, 's>(context: Context<'r, 's>, input: &'s str) -> Res<&'s st
         |(children, _exit_contents)| !children.is_empty(),
     )(input)?;
 
-    // Check if a parent exit matcher is causing the exit
-    exit_matcher_parser(context, remaining)?;
+    // Not checking parent exit matcher because if there are any children matched then we have a valid paragraph.
 
     let (remaining, _trailing_ws) = if context.should_consume_trailing_whitespace() {
         opt(parser_with_context!(element_trailing_whitespace)(
@@ -79,8 +78,9 @@ mod tests {
         let document_context =
             initial_context.with_additional_node(ContextElement::DocumentRoot(input));
         let paragraph_matcher = parser_with_context!(paragraph)(&document_context);
-        let (remaining, first_paragraph) = paragraph_matcher(input).unwrap();
-        let (remaining, second_paragraph) = paragraph_matcher(remaining).unwrap();
+        let (remaining, first_paragraph) = paragraph_matcher(input).expect("Parse first paragraph");
+        let (remaining, second_paragraph) =
+            paragraph_matcher(remaining).expect("Parse second paragraph.");
         assert_eq!(remaining, "");
         assert_eq!(first_paragraph.source, "foo bar baz\n\n");
         assert_eq!(second_paragraph.source, "lorem ipsum");