diff --git a/plugins/rst.lisp b/plugins/rst.lisp
index a18ec10..43e98c0 100644
--- a/plugins/rst.lisp
+++ b/plugins/rst.lisp
@@ -5,19 +5,28 @@
   (:use :cl)
   (:import-from :coleslaw #:render-text)
   (:import-from :docutils #:read-rst #:write-part #:register-settings-spec
-                          #:visit-node #:write-document)
-  (:import-from :docutils.writer.html #:html-writer #:write-part)
+                          #:visit-node #:write-document #:document)
+  (:import-from :docutils.writer.html #:html-writer
+                #:body-pre-docinfo
+                #:body
+                #:parts)
   (:export #:enable))
 
 (in-package :coleslaw-rst)
 
+;; XXX: This is not an ideal solution as it affects other uses of docutils in
+;; the same lisp image.
+(defmethod visit-node :after ((writer html-writer) (document document))
+  "This method removes unnecessary HTML elements, such as html, head, body
+and make docutils output only html fragment with document itself."
+  (setf (slot-value writer 'parts) '(body-pre-docinfo
+                                     body)))
+
 (defmethod render-text (text (format (eql :rst)))
   (register-settings-spec '((:generator nil)
                             (:datestamp nil)))
-  (with-output-to-string (str)
-    (let ((writer (make-instance 'html-writer))
-          (document (read-rst text)))
-      (visit-node writer document)
-      (write-document writer document str))))
+  (let ((writer (make-instance 'html-writer))
+        (document (read-rst text)))
+    (write-document writer document 'string)))
 
 (defun enable ())