reStructuredText class directive mistranslated by sphinx

Question

I have the following markup:

.. class:: something

This

Based on the documentation, I'd expect something like

<p class="something">This</p>

as the output from sphinx-build. Instead of this, I get the following:

<dl class="class">
  <dt id="something">
    <em class="property">class </em>
    <tt class="descname">something</tt>
    <a class="headerlink" href="#something" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a>
  </dt>
  <dd></dd>
</dl>

<p>This</p>

Any idea about what I am missing?

The sphinx-build version is 1.2.2.