diff --git a/ast/block.go b/ast/block.go
index 62b91af..14116c0 100644
--- a/ast/block.go
+++ b/ast/block.go
@@ -113,9 +113,18 @@ func (n *Blockquote) Restore() string {
 	return result
 }
 
+type ListKind string
+
+const (
+	UnorderedList   ListKind = "ul"
+	OrderedList     ListKind = "ol"
+	DescrpitionList ListKind = "dl"
+)
+
 type List struct {
 	BaseBlock
 
+	Kind     ListKind
 	Children []Node
 }
 
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index b1ee93a..b412299 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -118,9 +118,17 @@ func mergeListItemNodes(nodes []ast.Node) []ast.Node {
 		}
 		switch nodes[i].(type) {
 		case *ast.OrderedListItem, *ast.UnorderedListItem, *ast.TaskListItem:
-			if prevResultNode == nil || prevResultNode.Type() != ast.ListNode {
+			var listKind ast.ListKind
+			switch nodes[i].(type) {
+			case *ast.OrderedListItem:
+				listKind = ast.OrderedList
+			case *ast.UnorderedListItem, *ast.TaskListItem:
+				listKind = ast.UnorderedList
+			}
+			if prevResultNode == nil || prevResultNode.Type() != ast.ListNode || prevResultNode.(*ast.List).Kind != listKind {
 				prevResultNode = &ast.List{
 					BaseBlock: ast.BaseBlock{},
+					Kind:      listKind,
 				}
 				result = append(result, prevResultNode)
 			}
diff --git a/parser/tests/parser_test.go b/parser/tests/parser_test.go
index 0ff2f43..e0902b8 100644
--- a/parser/tests/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/tests/parser_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package tests
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			text: "1. hello\n- [ ] world",
 			nodes: []ast.Node{
 				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.OrderedList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.OrderedListItem{
 							Number: "1",
@@ -169,6 +171,11 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 							},
 						},
 						&ast.LineBreak{},
+					},
+				},
+				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
+					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.TaskListItem{
 							Symbol:   tokenizer.Hyphen,
 							Complete: false,
@@ -186,6 +193,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			text: "- [ ] hello\n- [x] world",
 			nodes: []ast.Node{
 				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.TaskListItem{
 							Symbol:   tokenizer.Hyphen,
@@ -289,6 +297,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			text: "* unordered list item 1\n* unordered list item 2",
 			nodes: []ast.Node{
 				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.UnorderedListItem{
 							Symbol: tokenizer.Asterisk,
@@ -315,6 +324,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 			text: "* unordered list item\n\n1. ordered list item",
 			nodes: []ast.Node{
 				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.UnorderedList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.UnorderedListItem{
 							Symbol: tokenizer.Asterisk,
@@ -329,6 +339,7 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 				&ast.LineBreak{},
 				&ast.LineBreak{},
 				&ast.List{
+					Kind: ast.OrderedList,
 					Children: []ast.Node{
 						&ast.OrderedListItem{
 							Number: "1",
@@ -347,6 +358,6 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		tokens := tokenizer.Tokenize(test.text)
 		nodes, _ := parser.Parse(tokens)
-		require.Equal(t, test.nodes, nodes)
+		require.Equal(t, test.nodes, nodes, fmt.Sprintf("Test case: %s", test.text))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/renderer/html/html.go b/renderer/html/html.go
index d2d318b..cae6534 100644
--- a/renderer/html/html.go
+++ b/renderer/html/html.go
@@ -152,11 +152,25 @@ func (r *HTMLRenderer) renderBlockquote(node *ast.Blockquote) {
 }
 
 func (r *HTMLRenderer) renderList(node *ast.List) {
-	r.output.WriteString("<dl>")
+	switch node.Kind {
+	case ast.OrderedList:
+		r.output.WriteString("<ol>")
+	case ast.UnorderedList:
+		r.output.WriteString("<ul>")
+	case ast.DescrpitionList:
+		r.output.WriteString("<dl>")
+	}
 	for _, item := range node.Children {
 		r.RenderNodes([]ast.Node{item})
 	}
-	r.output.WriteString("</dl>")
+	switch node.Kind {
+	case ast.OrderedList:
+		r.output.WriteString("</ol>")
+	case ast.UnorderedList:
+		r.output.WriteString("</ul>")
+	case ast.DescrpitionList:
+		r.output.WriteString("</dl>")
+	}
 }
 
 func (r *HTMLRenderer) renderUnorderedListItem(node *ast.UnorderedListItem) {
diff --git a/renderer/html/html_test.go b/renderer/html/html_test.go
index 9052ab9..6eb4363 100644
--- a/renderer/html/html_test.go
+++ b/renderer/html/html_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package html
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -48,19 +49,11 @@ func TestHTMLRenderer(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			text:     "* Hello\n* world!",
-			expected: `<dl><li>Hello</li><br><li>world!</li></dl>`,
-		},
-		{
-			text:     "1. Hello\n2. world\n* !",
-			expected: `<dl><li>Hello</li><br><li>world</li><br><li>!</li></dl>`,
+			expected: `<ul><li>Hello</li><br><li>world!</li></ul>`,
 		},
 		{
 			text:     "- [ ] hello\n- [x] world",
-			expected: `<dl><li><input type="checkbox" disabled />hello</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" checked disabled />world</li></dl>`,
-		},
-		{
-			text:     "1. ordered\n* unorder\n- [ ] checkbox\n- [x] checked",
-			expected: `<dl><li>ordered</li><br><li>unorder</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" disabled />checkbox</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" checked disabled />checked</li></dl>`,
+			expected: `<ul><li><input type="checkbox" disabled />hello</li><br><li><input type="checkbox" checked disabled />world</li></ul>`,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -69,6 +62,6 @@ func TestHTMLRenderer(t *testing.T) {
 		nodes, err := parser.Parse(tokens)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		actual := NewHTMLRenderer().Render(nodes)
-		require.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
+		require.Equal(t, test.expected, actual, fmt.Sprintf("Test case: %s", test.text))
 	}
 }