diff --git a/includes/content/WikiTextStructure.php b/includes/content/WikiTextStructure.php
index 01f26fec922..be37030e826 100644
--- a/includes/content/WikiTextStructure.php
+++ b/includes/content/WikiTextStructure.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class WikiTextStructure {
 	private $auxiliaryElementSelectors = [
 		// Thumbnail captions aren't really part of the text proper
 		'.thumbcaption',
+		'figcaption',
 		// Neither are tables
 		'table',
 		// Common style for "See also:".