diff --git a/redpen-core/src/main/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParser.java b/redpen-core/src/main/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParser.java
index 9d491d88e..e1cc6b781 100644
--- a/redpen-core/src/main/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParser.java
+++ b/redpen-core/src/main/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParser.java
@@ -168,16 +168,23 @@ private void processLine(Line line, Model model, State state) {
         while (line.charAt(headerIndent) == '=') {
             headerIndent++;
         }
-        if (line.charAt(headerIndent) == '[') { // column?
-            while (line.charAt(headerIndent) != ']'
-                    && line.charAt(headerIndent) != 0) {
-                headerIndent++;
+        int cursor = headerIndent;
+        if (line.charAt(cursor) == '[') { // column?
+            while (line.charAt(cursor) != ']'
+                    && line.charAt(cursor) != 0) {
+                cursor++;
             }
-            headerIndent++;
+            cursor++;
+        } else if (line.charAt(cursor) == '{') { // label?
+            while (line.charAt(cursor) != '}'
+                    && line.charAt(cursor) != 0) {
+                cursor++;
+            }
+            cursor++;
         }
-        if ((headerIndent > 0) && (line.charAt(headerIndent) == ' ')) {
-            line.erase(0, headerIndent + 1);
-            line.setSectionLevel(headerIndent);
+        if ((cursor > 0) && (line.charAt(cursor) == ' ')) {
+            line.erase(0, cursor + 1);
+            line.setSectionLevel(cursor);
         }
         if (target.line.startsWith("===[/column]")) { // closing..
             line.erase();
diff --git a/redpen-core/src/test/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParserTest.java b/redpen-core/src/test/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParserTest.java
index a3b1278d5..57f501e1a 100644
--- a/redpen-core/src/test/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParserTest.java
+++ b/redpen-core/src/test/java/cc/redpen/parser/review/ReVIEWParserTest.java
@@ -205,6 +205,24 @@ void testSectionHeader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         assertEquals("About Gekioko.", doc.getSection(0).getHeaderContent(0).getContent());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testLabelledSectionHeader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        String sampleText = "={About} About @<i>{Gekioko}.\n\n" +
+                "Gekioko means angry.";
+
+        Document doc = createFileContent(sampleText);
+        assertEquals(1, doc.size());
+        assertEquals("About Gekioko.", doc.getSection(0).getHeaderContent(0).getContent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testInvalidLabelledSectionHeader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        String sampleText = "={About"; // NOTE: no "}"
+        Document doc = createFileContent(sampleText);
+        assertEquals(1, doc.size());
+        assertEquals("={About", doc.getSection(0).getParagraph(0).getSentence(0).getContent());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testColumnSectionHeader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         String sampleText = "==[column] About Gekioko. \n\n";
@@ -221,6 +239,18 @@ void testInvalidColumnSectionHeader() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         assertEquals("==[column About Gekioko.", doc.getSection(0).getParagraph(0).getSentence(0).getContent());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testDocSize() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        String sampleText = "= Without Label\n" +
+                "=={WithLabel} With Label\n" +
+                "==={WithLabel} With Label\n\n" +
+                "={WithLabel} With Label\n" +
+                "==[column] Column";
+
+        Document doc = createFileContent(sampleText);
+        assertEquals(5, doc.size());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testDocumentWithBoldWord() {
         String sampleText = "It is a @<b>{good} day.";