diff --git a/numpydoc/docscrape.py b/numpydoc/docscrape.py
index 77de401..d79992c 100644
--- a/numpydoc/docscrape.py
+++ b/numpydoc/docscrape.py
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ class NumpyDocString(Mapping):
 
         """
 
+        content = dedent_lines(content)
+
         items = []
 
         def parse_item_name(text):

Failed See Also Parsing.
```
In [1]: from numpydoc.docscrape import NumpyDocString
   ...: from numpy import seterrobj
   ...: NumpyDocString("""seterrobj(errobj)
   ...:
   ...:     Set the object that defines floating-point error handling.
   ...:
   ...:     See Also
   ...:     --------
   ...:     geterrobj, seterr, geterr, seterrcall, geterrcall
   ...:     getbufsize, setbufsize""")['See Also']
Out[1]: []

In [2]:
```

```
diff --git a/numpydoc/docscrape.py b/numpydoc/docscrape.py
index 77de401..d79992c 100644
--- a/numpydoc/docscrape.py
+++ b/numpydoc/docscrape.py
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ class NumpyDocString(Mapping):

         """

+        content = dedent_lines(content)
         items = []

         def parse_item_name(text):
```

Might be enough, but it may also be the wrong place to put that:

```
In [1]: from numpydoc.docscrape import NumpyDocString
   ...: from numpy import seterrobj
   ...: NumpyDocString("""seterrobj(errobj)
   ...:
   ...:     Set the object that defines floating-point error handling.
   ...:
   ...:     See Also
   ...:     --------
   ...:     geterrobj, seterr, geterr, seterrcall, geterrcall
   ...:     getbufsize, setbufsize""")['See Also']
Out[1]:
[([('geterrobj', None),
   ('seterr', None),
   ('geterr', None),
   ('seterrcall', None),
   ('geterrcall', None)],
  []),
 ([('getbufsize', None), ('setbufsize', None)], [])]
```



diff --git a/numpydoc/tests/test_docscrape.py b/numpydoc/tests/test_docscrape.py
index 8b29704..2ab0218 100644
--- a/numpydoc/tests/test_docscrape.py
+++ b/numpydoc/tests/test_docscrape.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from numpydoc.docscrape import (
 )
 from numpydoc.docscrape_sphinx import (SphinxDocString, SphinxClassDoc,
                                        SphinxFunctionDoc, get_doc_object)
+import pytest
 from pytest import raises as assert_raises
 from pytest import warns as assert_warns
 
@@ -766,11 +767,16 @@ def test_warns():
     assert param.type == 'SomeWarning'
     assert param.desc == ['If needed']
 
-
-def test_see_also():
+# see numpydoc/numpydoc #281
+# we want to correctly parse "See Also" both in docstrings both like
+#"""foo
+# and
+#"""
+#foo
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('prefix', ['', '\n    '])
+def test_see_also(prefix):
     doc6 = NumpyDocString(
-    """
-    z(x,theta)
+    prefix + """z(x,theta)
 
     See Also
     --------

pip install -e .[testing]
parse_log_pytest
requirements.txt
pytest pytest-cov
apt-get update apt-get install -y texlive texlive-latex-extra latexmk dvipng
3.7
doc/requirements.txt
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
alabaster==0.7.13
Babel==2.14.0
certifi @ file:///croot/certifi_1671487769961/work/certifi
charset-normalizer==3.4.1
coverage==7.2.7
cycler==0.11.0
docutils==0.19
exceptiongroup==1.2.2
fonttools==4.38.0
idna==3.10
imagesize==1.4.1
importlib-metadata==6.7.0
iniconfig==2.0.0
Jinja2==3.1.6
kiwisolver==1.4.5
MarkupSafe==2.1.5
matplotlib==3.5.3
numpy==1.21.6
-e git+https://github.com/numpy/numpydoc.git@fd17df0c96e107f7550b91e2680e76d2be796e0c#egg=numpydoc
packaging==24.0
Pillow==9.5.0
pluggy==1.2.0
Pygments==2.17.2
pyparsing==3.1.4
pytest==7.4.4
pytest-cov==4.1.0
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
pytz==2025.2
requests==2.31.0
six==1.17.0
snowballstemmer==2.2.0
Sphinx==5.3.0
sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
tomli==2.0.1
typing_extensions==4.7.1
urllib3==2.0.7
zipp==3.15.0

name: numpydoc
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2022.12.7=py37h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.4.4=h6a678d5_1
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=22.3.1=py37h06a4308_0
  - python=3.7.16=h7a1cb2a_0
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=65.6.3=py37h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.38.4=py37h06a4308_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - alabaster==0.7.13
      - babel==2.14.0
      - charset-normalizer==3.4.1
      - coverage==7.2.7
      - cycler==0.11.0
      - docutils==0.19
      - exceptiongroup==1.2.2
      - fonttools==4.38.0
      - idna==3.10
      - imagesize==1.4.1
      - importlib-metadata==6.7.0
      - iniconfig==2.0.0
      - jinja2==3.1.6
      - kiwisolver==1.4.5
      - markupsafe==2.1.5
      - matplotlib==3.5.3
      - numpy==1.21.6
      - packaging==24.0
      - pillow==9.5.0
      - pluggy==1.2.0
      - pygments==2.17.2
      - pyparsing==3.1.4
      - pytest==7.4.4
      - pytest-cov==4.1.0
      - python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
      - pytz==2025.2
      - requests==2.31.0
      - six==1.17.0
      - snowballstemmer==2.2.0
      - sphinx==5.3.0
      - sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
      - sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
      - sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
      - sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
      - sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
      - sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
      - tomli==2.0.1
      - typing-extensions==4.7.1
      - urllib3==2.0.7
      - zipp==3.15.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/numpydoc

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