diff --git a/packages/mosaic/src/fleet/fleet-documentation.spec.ts b/packages/mosaic/src/fleet/fleet-documentation.spec.ts
index 9d821ae..d936929 100644
--- a/packages/mosaic/src/fleet/fleet-documentation.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mosaic/src/fleet/fleet-documentation.spec.ts
@@ -475,6 +475,18 @@ function codeSurfaceDiagnostics(path: string, source: string): SurfaceDiagnostic
       }
       continue;
     }
+    if (/^(?: {0,3}(?:(?:> ?)|(?:(?:[-+*]|[0-9]{1,9}[.)]) +)))+(`{3,}|~{3,})/.test(line)) {
+      diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'fence-context' });
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (/^(?: {4,}|\t).*\S/.test(line)) {
+      diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'indented-code' });
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (/`{2,}/.test(line) && !/^```[a-z-]+$/.test(line)) {
+      diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'inline-delimiter' });
+      continue;
+    }
     const marker = line.match(/^(`{3,}|~{3,})(.*)$/);
     if (marker !== null) {
       block += 1;
@@ -495,15 +507,7 @@ function codeSurfaceDiagnostics(path: string, source: string): SurfaceDiagnostic
       inFence = true;
       continue;
     }
-    if (/^(?: {1,3}| {0,3}(?:>|[-+*]|[0-9]{1,9}[.)]) )(`{3,}|~{3,})/.test(line)) {
-      diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'fence-context' });
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (/^(?: {4}|\t)\S/.test(line)) {
-      diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'indented-code' });
-      continue;
-    }
-    if (/<\/?(?:pre|code|script|style|xmp|listing)(?:\s|\/?>)/i.test(line)) {
+    if (/<\/?(?:pre|code|script|style|xmp|listing)(?=$|\s|[>/])/i.test(line)) {
       diagnostics.push({ path, line: lineNumber, code: 'raw-code-container' });
     }
     for (const match of line.matchAll(/(?<!`)`([^`\n]+)`(?!`)/g)) {
@@ -698,13 +702,58 @@ describe('closed documentation publication grammar', (): void => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('rejects indented code and raw HTML code containers', (): void => {
-    expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', '    mosaic fleet verify\n')).toEqual([
-      { path: 'fixture.md', line: 1, code: 'indented-code' },
-    ]);
-    expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', '<pre>mosaic fleet verify</pre>\n')).toEqual([
-      { path: 'fixture.md', line: 1, code: 'raw-code-container' },
-    ]);
+  it('rejects inline delimiter runs instead of silently omitting them', (): void => {
+    for (const source of ['``literal``', '```literal```', 'text ``literal`` text']) {
+      expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', source)).toContainEqual({
+        path: 'fixture.md',
+        line: 1,
+        code: 'inline-delimiter',
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects every nonblank line with four leading spaces or a leading tab', (): void => {
+    for (const source of [
+      '    mosaic fleet verify',
+      '     mosaic fleet verify',
+      '    \tmosaic fleet verify',
+      '\t mosaic fleet verify',
+    ]) {
+      expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', source)).toEqual([
+        { path: 'fixture.md', line: 1, code: 'indented-code' },
+      ]);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('rejects raw HTML code-container tag prefixes at every boundary', (): void => {
+    for (const source of [
+      '<pre',
+      '<pre ',
+      '<pre>',
+      '<pre/',
+      '<code',
+      '<code ',
+      '<code>',
+      '<code/',
+    ]) {
+      expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', source)).toEqual([
+        { path: 'fixture.md', line: 1, code: 'raw-code-container' },
+      ]);
+    }
+    expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', '<prelude>prose</prelude>')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects nested blockquote and list fence contexts', (): void => {
+    for (const source of [
+      '>> ```fleet-command',
+      '> > ```fleet-command',
+      '> - ```fleet-command',
+      '- > ```fleet-command',
+    ]) {
+      expect(codeSurfaceDiagnostics('fixture.md', source)).toEqual([
+        { path: 'fixture.md', line: 1, code: 'fence-context' },
+      ]);
+    }
   });
 
   it('requires optional metavariables to use bracketed angle notation', (): void => {