diff --git a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
index 18bdfca..b1f3931 100644
--- a/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
+++ b/IPython/sphinxext/ipython_directive.py
@@ -821,8 +821,11 @@ class EmbeddedSphinxShell(object):
                 output.append(line)
                 continue
 
-            # handle decorators
-            if line_stripped.startswith('@'):
+            # handle pseudo-decorators, whilst ensuring real python decorators are treated as input
+            if any(
+                line_stripped.startswith("@" + pseudo_decorator)
+                for pseudo_decorator in PSEUDO_DECORATORS
+            ):
                 output.extend([line])
                 if 'savefig' in line:
                     savefig = True # and need to clear figure
diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/stripping-decorators-bug.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/stripping-decorators-bug.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea03d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/pr/stripping-decorators-bug.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Stripping decorators bug
+========================
+
+Fixed bug which meant that ipython code blocks in restructured text documents executed with the ipython-sphinx extension skipped any lines of code containing python decorators.