diff --git a/collects/scribble/decode.rkt b/collects/scribble/decode.rkt
index 19307203..d354e658 100644
--- a/collects/scribble/decode.rkt
+++ b/collects/scribble/decode.rkt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
  [decode-paragraph (-> (listof pre-content?)
                        paragraph?)]
  [decode-compound-paragraph (-> (listof pre-flow?)
-                                paragraph?)]
+                                block?)]
  [decode-content (-> (listof pre-content?)
                      content?)]
  [rename decode-content decode-elements
diff --git a/collects/tests/scribble/decode.rkt b/collects/tests/scribble/decode.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4594fd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/tests/scribble/decode.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#lang racket/base
+(require scribble/decode
+         scribble/core
+         rackunit
+         racket/contract/base)
+
+(check-true (pre-content? "x"))
+(check-true (pre-content? null))
+(check-true (pre-content? '("x")))
+(check-true (pre-content? (list (element plain "x") "x")))
+(check-true (pre-content? (splice (list (element plain "x") "x"))))
+(check-true (not (pre-content? 11)))
+(check-true (not (pre-content? '(11))))
+
+(check-true (pre-flow? "x"))
+(check-true (pre-flow? '("x")))
+(check-true (pre-flow? (list (element plain "x") "x")))
+(check-true (pre-flow? (list (paragraph plain (element plain "x")) (element plain "x") "x")))
+(check-true (pre-flow? (splice (list (paragraph plain (element plain "x")) (element plain "x") "x"))))
+(check-true (not (pre-flow? 11)))
+(check-true (not (pre-flow? '(11))))
+
+(check-true (pre-part? "x"))
+(check-true (pre-part? '("x")))
+(check-true (pre-part? (list (element plain "x") "x")))
+(check-true (pre-part? (list (paragraph plain (element plain "x")) (element plain "x") "x")))
+(check-true (pre-part? (list (paragraph plain (element plain "x")) (element plain "x") "x"
+                             (decode-part '("x") null #f 0)
+                             (part-start 0 #f null plain "start")
+                             (part-index-decl '("a" "b") '("a"))
+                             (part-collect-decl (element plain "x"))
+                             (part-tag-decl '(something "x"))
+                             (void)
+                             (title-decl #f null #f plain "title"))))
+(check-true (not (pre-part? 11)))
+(check-true (not (pre-part? '(11))))
+
+(check-true (part? (decode '("x"))))
+(check-true (part? (decode-part '("x") null #f 0)))
+(check-true (andmap block? (decode-flow '("x"))))
+(check-true (block? (decode-compound-paragraph '("x"))))
+(check-true (paragraph? (decode-paragraph '("x"))))
+(check-true (content? (decode-content '("x"))))
+(check-true (content? (decode-elements '("x"))))
+(check-true (content? (decode-string "x")))
+
+(check-true (whitespace? " \n\t\r"))
+(check-true (not (whitespace? " \n\t\rx ")))
+
+(check-equal? "a b c" (clean-up-index-string "  a  b   c   "))
+
+(check-true (contract? (spliceof integer?)))