diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/plugins.rs b/src/pydocstyle/plugins.rs
index ab9e1a3c87a0a..285209d5e783c 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/plugins.rs
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/plugins.rs
@@ -1413,24 +1413,56 @@ fn missing_args(checker: &mut Checker, docstring: &Docstring, docstrings_args: &
 
 // See: `GOOGLE_ARGS_REGEX` in `pydocstyle/checker.py`.
 static GOOGLE_ARGS_REGEX: Lazy<Regex> =
-    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"^\s*(\*?\*?\w+)\s*(\(.*?\))?\s*:.+").unwrap());
+    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new(r"^\s*(\*?\*?\w+)\s*(\(.*?\))?\s*:\n?\s*.+").unwrap());
 
 fn args_section(checker: &mut Checker, docstring: &Docstring, context: &SectionContext) {
+    if context.following_lines.is_empty() {
+        missing_args(checker, docstring, &FxHashSet::default());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Normalize leading whitespace, by removing any lines with less indentation
+    // than the first.
+    let leading_space = whitespace::leading_space(context.following_lines[0]);
+    let relevant_lines = context
+        .following_lines
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|line| line.starts_with(leading_space) || line.is_empty())
+        .join("\n");
+    let args_content = textwrap::dedent(&relevant_lines);
+
+    // Reformat each section.
+    let mut args_sections: Vec<String> = vec![];
+    for line in args_content.trim().lines() {
+        if line.chars().next().map_or(true, char::is_whitespace) {
+            // This is a continuation of the documentation for the previous parameter,
+            // because it starts with whitespace.
+            if let Some(last) = args_sections.last_mut() {
+                last.push_str(line);
+                last.push('\n');
+            }
+        } else {
+            // This line is the start of documentation for the next parameter, because it
+            // doesn't start with any whitespace.
+            let mut line = line.to_string();
+            line.push('\n');
+            args_sections.push(line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Extract the argument name from each section.
     let mut matches = Vec::new();
-    for line in context.following_lines {
-        if let Some(captures) = GOOGLE_ARGS_REGEX.captures(line) {
+    for section in &args_sections {
+        if let Some(captures) = GOOGLE_ARGS_REGEX.captures(section) {
             matches.push(captures);
         }
     }
+    let docstrings_args = matches
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|captures| captures.get(1).map(|arg_name| arg_name.as_str()))
+        .collect();
 
-    missing_args(
-        checker,
-        docstring,
-        &matches
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|captures| captures.get(1).map(|arg_name| arg_name.as_str()))
-            .collect(),
-    );
+    missing_args(checker, docstring, &docstrings_args);
 }
 
 fn parameters_section(checker: &mut Checker, docstring: &Docstring, context: &SectionContext) {
diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__D417_sections.py.snap b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__D417_sections.py.snap
index c0887077aca5b..c15c5a3c4ac76 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__D417_sections.py.snap
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__D417_sections.py.snap
@@ -75,18 +75,6 @@ expression: checks
     column: 11
   fix: ~
   parent: ~
-- kind:
-    DocumentAllArguments:
-      - skip
-      - verbose
-  location:
-    row: 370
-    column: 4
-  end_location:
-    row: 382
-    column: 11
-  fix: ~
-  parent: ~
 - kind:
     DocumentAllArguments:
       - y
diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_google.snap b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_google.snap
index 625549e636f93..a8048157c5474 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_google.snap
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_google.snap
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ expression: checks
   parent: ~
 - kind:
     DocumentAllArguments:
-      - x
       - y
       - z
   location:
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ expression: checks
   parent: ~
 - kind:
     DocumentAllArguments:
-      - x
       - y
       - z
   location:
diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_unspecified.snap b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_unspecified.snap
index 89073f1b0b1a5..b60a2bd248aed 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_unspecified.snap
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/snapshots/ruff__pydocstyle__tests__d417_unspecified.snap
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ expression: checks
 ---
 - kind:
     DocumentAllArguments:
-      - x
       - y
       - z
   location: