diff --git a/metagpt/actions/plan.py b/metagpt/actions/plan.py
index ab3963c72..8bc575992 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/plan.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/plan.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import Union
 from metagpt.actions import Action
 from metagpt.prompts.plan import TASK_PLAN_SYSTEM_MSG
 from metagpt.schema import Message
+from metagpt.utils.common import CodeParser
 
 
 class Plan(Action):
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ class Plan(Action):
         if role:
             system_msg = TASK_PLAN_SYSTEM_MSG.format(role=role)
         rsp = self._aask(system_msg + prompt.content) if isinstance(prompt, Message) else await self._aask(system_msg + prompt)
-        return Message(rsp, role="assistant", sent_from=self.__class__.__name__)
+        plan = CodeParser.parse_code(None, rsp).split('\n\n')
+        return Message(plan, role="assistant", sent_from=self.__class__.__name__)
diff --git a/metagpt/prompts/plan.py b/metagpt/prompts/plan.py
index c4b056ab0..4d3add211 100644
--- a/metagpt/prompts/plan.py
+++ b/metagpt/prompts/plan.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 TASK_PLAN_SYSTEM_MSG = """You are a {role}. Write a plan with single digits steps. make sure others can understand what you are doing.
-Example:
-# plan
+Example, must start with ```, and end with ```:
+```
 1. ...\n\n
 2. ...\n\n
 ...
+```
 """
diff --git a/tests/metagpt/actions/test_plan.py b/tests/metagpt/actions/test_plan.py
index 35f8f20cc..1b1b90513 100644
--- a/tests/metagpt/actions/test_plan.py
+++ b/tests/metagpt/actions/test_plan.py
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ async def test_plan():
     rsp = await p.run(task_desc, role="data analyst")
     assert len(rsp.content) > 0
     assert rsp.sent_from == "Plan"
+    print(rsp)