diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1381441c2..b14b7eb083 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 - fix: remove redundant code related to cli loading @mike-hunhoff #3076
 - fix: optimize all_zeros using fast bytes comparison @mike-hunhoff #3078
 - fix: duplicate rule candidate evaluation in optimized matching engine @mike-hunhoff #3080
+- fix: capafmt corrupts rules whose namespace contains "features" @Makeph #3135
 
 ### capa Explorer Web
 
diff --git a/capa/rules/__init__.py b/capa/rules/__init__.py
index ef4e372c70..b8a67a87a5 100644
--- a/capa/rules/__init__.py
+++ b/capa/rules/__init__.py
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ def move_to_end(m, k):
         # see #263
         # only do this for the features section, so the meta description doesn't get reformatted
         # assumes features section always exists
-        features_offset = doc.find("features")
+        features_offset = doc.index("\n  features:") + 1
         doc = doc[:features_offset] + doc[features_offset:].replace("  description:", "    description:")
 
         # for negative hex numbers, yaml dump outputs:
diff --git a/tests/test_fmt.py b/tests/test_fmt.py
index 05b1fafcd7..56e564f932 100644
--- a/tests/test_fmt.py
+++ b/tests/test_fmt.py
@@ -148,3 +148,24 @@ def test_rule_reformat_string_description():
 
     rule = capa.rules.Rule.from_yaml(src)
     assert rule.to_yaml() == src
+
+
+def test_rule_reformat_meta_description_with_features_namespace():
+    src = textwrap.dedent("""
+        rule:
+          meta:
+            name: test rule
+            namespace: impact/features
+            authors:
+              - user@domain.com
+            description: test description
+            scopes:
+              static: function
+              dynamic: process
+          features:
+            - number: 1
+        """).lstrip()
+
+    formatted = capa.rules.Rule.from_yaml(src).to_yaml()
+    capa.rules.Rule.from_yaml(formatted)
+    assert formatted == src