diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250218-134745.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250218-134745.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c048f5a76a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20250218-134745.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: _get_doc_blocks is crashing parsing if .format is called
+time: 2025-02-18T13:47:45.659731Z
+custom:
+    Author: aranke
+    Issue: "11310"
diff --git a/tests/functional/docs/test_doc_blocks_formatting.py b/tests/functional/docs/test_doc_blocks_formatting.py
index 47eee5e6695..18aede7127c 100644
--- a/tests/functional/docs/test_doc_blocks_formatting.py
+++ b/tests/functional/docs/test_doc_blocks_formatting.py
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ def test_doc_blocks_back_compat(self, project):
 
         for column_name, column in model_data["columns"].items():
             assert column["description"] == f"This is a test for column {column_name}"
+            assert column["doc_blocks"] == []