diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index a17ec0d3..74bbfeae 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cassandra-driver===2.1.4
 coverage==4.0
 debtcollector==1.2.0
 elasticsearch===2.0.0
+docutils==0.11
 extras==1.0.0
 fixtures==3.0.0
 flake8==2.5.5
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index fe202ce0..759904c7 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+docutils>=0.11 # OSI-Approved Open Source, Public Domain
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f3028a48..c5f06c77 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ deps =
 commands =
   {[testenv:flake8]commands}
   {[bandit]commands}
+  python setup.py check --restructuredtext --strict
 
 [testenv:genconfig]
 description = Generates sample configuration file for monasca-persister