diff --git a/ISSUES.txt b/ISSUES.txt
index 7be0f6274..0bb56289f 100644
--- a/ISSUES.txt
+++ b/ISSUES.txt
@@ -107,3 +107,4 @@ Also consider implementing py.test --funcargs to
 show available funcargs - it should honour the 
 path::TestClass syntax so one can easily inspect
 where funcargs come from or which are available. 
+
diff --git a/doc/conftest.py b/doc/conftest.py
index 9912be1d0..6755f8892 100644
--- a/doc/conftest.py
+++ b/doc/conftest.py
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ import py
 #py.test.importorskip("pygments")
 pytest_plugins = ['pytest_restdoc']
 collect_ignore = ['test/attic.txt']
+
+def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
+    if item.fspath.ext == ".txt":
+        import pygments # for raising an error