diff --git a/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py b/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
index dbdbbd456..27b8d9271 100644
--- a/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
+++ b/scrapy/contracts/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from scrapy.utils.python import get_spec
 from scrapy.utils.spider import iterate_spider_output
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from collections.abc import Callable
+    from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 
     from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 
@@ -116,31 +116,40 @@ class ContractsManager:
         for contract in contracts:
             self.contracts[contract.name] = contract
 
-    def tested_methods_from_spidercls(self, spidercls: type[Spider]) -> list[str]:
-        is_method = re.compile(r"^\s*@", re.MULTILINE).search
-        methods = []
-        for key, value in getmembers(spidercls):
-            if callable(value) and value.__doc__ and is_method(value.__doc__):
-                methods.append(key)
+    def _iter_contract_lines(self, docstring: str) -> Iterator[tuple[str, str]]:
+        """Yield the ``(name, args)`` pair of every line of *docstring* that
+        declares a registered contract.
 
-        return methods
+        Lines that start with ``@`` but do not name a registered contract are
+        ignored, so that docstrings may include unrelated content such as
+        decorators in code examples.
+        """
+        for line_ in docstring.split("\n"):
+            line = line_.strip()
+            if not line.startswith("@"):
+                continue
+            m = re.match(r"@(\w+)\s*(.*)", line)
+            if m is None:
+                continue
+            name, args = m.groups()
+            if name in self.contracts:
+                yield name, args
+
+    def tested_methods_from_spidercls(self, spidercls: type[Spider]) -> list[str]:
+        return [
+            key
+            for key, value in getmembers(spidercls)
+            if callable(value)
+            and value.__doc__
+            and any(self._iter_contract_lines(value.__doc__))
+        ]
 
     def extract_contracts(self, method: Callable[..., Any]) -> list[Contract]:
-        contracts: list[Contract] = []
         assert method.__doc__ is not None
-        for line_ in method.__doc__.split("\n"):
-            line = line_.strip()
-
-            if line.startswith("@"):
-                m = re.match(r"@(\w+)\s*(.*)", line)
-                if m is None:
-                    continue
-                name, args = m.groups()
-                args = re.split(r"\s+", args)
-
-                contracts.append(self.contracts[name](method, *args))
-
-        return contracts
+        return [
+            self.contracts[name](method, *re.split(r"\s+", args))
+            for name, args in self._iter_contract_lines(method.__doc__)
+        ]
 
     def from_spider(self, spider: Spider, results: TestResult) -> list[Request | None]:
         requests: list[Request | None] = []
diff --git a/tests/test_contracts.py b/tests/test_contracts.py
index 698044de7..429f9c341 100644
--- a/tests/test_contracts.py
+++ b/tests/test_contracts.py
@@ -275,6 +275,34 @@ class InheritsDemoSpider(DemoSpider):
     name = "inherits_demo_spider"
 
 
+class UnregisteredAtLineSpider(Spider):
+    """Spider whose docstrings contain ``@`` lines that are not contracts."""
+
+    name = "unregistered_at_line_spider"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def update_settings(cls, settings):
+        """Docstring with a decorator in a code example:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            @classmethod
+            def update_settings(cls, settings): ...
+        """
+        super().update_settings(settings)
+
+    def parse(self, response):
+        """
+        @url http://scrapy.org
+        @returns items 1 1
+
+        An unregistered line must not break the registered ones:
+
+            @classmethod
+        """
+        yield {"name": "test"}
+
+
 class TestContractsManager:
     contracts = [
         UrlContract,
@@ -550,6 +578,25 @@ class TestContractsManager:
         request.callback(response)
         self.should_succeed()
 
+    def test_unregistered_at_line_is_not_a_tested_method(self):
+        # A docstring line starting with @ that does not name a registered
+        # contract, e.g. a decorator in a code example, must be ignored.
+        tested_methods = self.conman.tested_methods_from_spidercls(
+            UnregisteredAtLineSpider
+        )
+        assert tested_methods == ["parse"]
+
+    def test_unregistered_at_line_is_skipped(self):
+        contracts = self.conman.extract_contracts(UnregisteredAtLineSpider().parse)
+        assert [type(contract) for contract in contracts] == [
+            UrlContract,
+            ReturnsContract,
+        ]
+
+    def test_unregistered_at_line_does_not_break_checks(self):
+        self.conman.from_spider(UnregisteredAtLineSpider(), self.results)
+        self.should_succeed()
+
     def test_custom_contracts(self):
         self.conman.from_spider(CustomContractSuccessSpider(), self.results)
         self.should_succeed()