diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_pr_body.py b/.github/scripts/check_pr_body.py
index 70881e69bcf..4711997323f 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/check_pr_body.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_pr_body.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ HTML_COMMENT_PATTERN: Final = re.compile(r"<!--.*?-->", re.DOTALL)
 HEADING_PATTERN: Final = re.compile(r"^#{2,6}\s+(?P<title>.+?)\s*$")
 BULLET_PATTERN: Final = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:[-*+]|\d+[.)])\s+(?P<text>.*)$")
 LABEL_PATTERN: Final = re.compile(r"^[^-*+].*:\s*$")
+FENCE_PATTERN: Final = re.compile(r"^\s*(?:```|~~~)")
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True, slots=True)
@@ -48,9 +49,21 @@ def strip_html_comments(body: str) -> str:
 
 def split_sections(body: str) -> tuple[Section, ...]:
     lines: Final = tuple(body.split("\n"))
-    headings: Final = tuple(
-        (index, match.group("title")) for index, line in enumerate(lines) if (match := HEADING_PATTERN.match(line))
-    )
+
+    def scan(
+        acc: tuple[bool, tuple[tuple[int, str], ...]],
+        item: tuple[int, str],
+    ) -> tuple[bool, tuple[tuple[int, str], ...]]:
+        in_fence, headings = acc
+        index, line = item
+        if FENCE_PATTERN.match(line):
+            return (not in_fence, headings)
+        if in_fence:
+            return acc
+        match: Final = HEADING_PATTERN.match(line)
+        return (in_fence, (*headings, (index, match.group("title")))) if match else acc
+
+    _, headings = reduce(scan, tuple(enumerate(lines)), (False, ()))
     ends: Final = tuple(index for index, _ in headings[1:]) + (len(lines),)
     return tuple(Section(title=title, lines=lines[start + 1 : end]) for (start, title), end in zip(headings, ends))
 
@@ -92,8 +105,9 @@ def check_bullet_section(section: Section) -> tuple[Violation, ...]:
 
 def is_placeholder_line(line: str) -> bool:
     bullet_match: Final = BULLET_PATTERN.match(line)
-    content: Final = bullet_match.group("text").strip() if bullet_match else line.strip()
-    return content == "..." or any(token in line for token in PLACEHOLDER_TOKENS)
+    if bullet_match and bullet_match.group("text").strip() == "...":
+        return True
+    return any(token in line for token in PLACEHOLDER_TOKENS)
 
 
 def check_placeholders(sections: tuple[Section, ...]) -> tuple[Violation, ...]:
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_github_check_pr_body.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_github_check_pr_body.py
index edf3587e42f..5010829d9d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_github_check_pr_body.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_github_check_pr_body.py
@@ -109,3 +109,28 @@ def test_multiline_html_comment_spanning_section_is_stripped(checker):
     violations = checker.check_body(body, ("litellm/main.py",))
     assert len(violations) == 1
     assert violations[0].section == "QA runbook"
+
+
+def test_bare_ellipsis_in_proof_output_is_not_a_placeholder(checker):
+    body = (
+        "## Screenshots / Proof of Fix\n\n"
+        "```\n"
+        "$ curl http://localhost:4000/v1/chat/completions ...\n"
+        "{\"id\": \"chatcmpl-abc\",\n"
+        " ...\n"
+        " \"usage\": {\"prompt_tokens\": 5}}\n"
+        "```\n"
+    )
+    assert checker.check_body(body, ()) == ()
+
+
+def test_headings_inside_fenced_block_do_not_open_new_sections(checker):
+    body = (
+        "## Screenshots / Proof of Fix\n\n"
+        "Quoted template excerpt:\n\n"
+        "```markdown\n"
+        "## Caveats (if any)\n\n"
+        "Some prose paragraph that is not a bullet at all\n"
+        "```\n"
+    )
+    assert checker.check_body(body, ()) == ()