diff --git a/_test/cases/inc/parser/parser_headers.test.php b/_test/cases/inc/parser/parser_headers.test.php
index 1ec6dd50b74e394e87ea5b7c7c010037947fee90..c32c14cf2179c3227a0a12f4d60face6065aacf8 100644
--- a/_test/cases/inc/parser/parser_headers.test.php
+++ b/_test/cases/inc/parser/parser_headers.test.php
@@ -78,14 +78,12 @@ class TestOfDoku_Parser_Headers extends TestOfDoku_Parser {
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\nabc \n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(-1,5,1,'')),
             array('header',array('Header',4,6)),
             array('section_open',array(4)),
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\n def\n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
             array('section_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(6,0,4,'Header')),
             array('document_end',array()),
         );
         $this->assertEqual(array_map('stripByteIndex',$this->H->calls),$calls);
@@ -99,14 +97,12 @@ class TestOfDoku_Parser_Headers extends TestOfDoku_Parser {
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\nabc \n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(-1,5,1,'')),
             array('header',array('Header',5,6)),
             array('section_open',array(5)),
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\n def\n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
             array('section_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(6,0,5,'Header')),
             array('document_end',array()),
         );
         $this->assertEqual(array_map('stripByteIndex',$this->H->calls),$calls);
@@ -218,14 +214,12 @@ class TestOfDoku_Parser_Headers extends TestOfDoku_Parser {
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\nabc \n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(-1,5,1,'')),
             array('header',array('====== Header ======',5,6)),
             array('section_open',array(5)),
             array('p_open',array()),
             array('cdata',array("\n def\n")),
             array('p_close',array()),
             array('section_close',array()),
-            array('section_edit',array(6,0,5,'====== Header ======')),
             array('document_end',array()),
         );
         $this->assertEqual(array_map('stripByteIndex',$this->H->calls),$calls);
diff --git a/inc/parser/handler.php b/inc/parser/handler.php
index a0adb24d5e6bcb3de2039f63514ffcd746374658..519336caab84264f5f83f619f3cb366c3bbe4b0c 100644
--- a/inc/parser/handler.php
+++ b/inc/parser/handler.php
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ class Doku_Handler {
         if ( $this->status['section'] ) {
            $last_call = end($this->calls);
            array_push($this->calls,array('section_close',array(), $last_call[2]));
-           array_push($this->calls,array('section_edit',array($this->status['section_edit_start'], 0,
-             $this->status['section_edit_level'], $this->status['section_edit_title']), $last_call[2]));
+           if ($this->status['section_edit_start']>1) {
+               // ignore last edit section if there is only one header
+               array_push($this->calls,array('section_edit',array($this->status['section_edit_start'], 0, $this->status['section_edit_level'], $this->status['section_edit_title']), $last_call[2]));
+           }
         }
 
         if ( $this->rewriteBlocks ) {
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ class Doku_Handler {
     }
 
     function header($match, $state, $pos) {
+        global $conf;
+
         // get level and title
         $title = trim($match);
         $level = 7 - strspn($title,'=');
@@ -97,10 +101,12 @@ class Doku_Handler {
 
         if ($this->status['section']) $this->_addCall('section_close',array(),$pos);
 
-        $this->_addCall('section_edit',array($this->status['section_edit_start'], $pos-1, $this->status['section_edit_level'], $this->status['section_edit_title']), $pos);
-        $this->status['section_edit_start'] = $pos;
-        $this->status['section_edit_level'] = $level;
-        $this->status['section_edit_title'] = $title;
+        if ($level<=$conf['maxseclevel']) {
+            $this->_addCall('section_edit',array($this->status['section_edit_start'], $pos-1, $this->status['section_edit_level'], $this->status['section_edit_title']), $pos);
+            $this->status['section_edit_start'] = $pos;
+            $this->status['section_edit_level'] = $level;
+            $this->status['section_edit_title'] = $title;
+        }
 
         $this->_addCall('header',array($title,$level,$pos), $pos);