diff --git a/lexer_test.go b/lexer_test.go
index 6034657..9fe1eea 100644
--- a/lexer_test.go
+++ b/lexer_test.go
@@ -272,7 +272,41 @@ var singleWikilink = []tc{
 	},
 }
 
-func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_LinksWithEscapeCharacters(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_TextWithEscapeCharacters(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range singleWikilink {
+		tc.name = "escape characters preceding " + tc.name
+		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
+			tc,
+			`foo\[\[not a link, but this is`,
+			"",
+			[]markdown.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: markdown.LexText, Val: `foo\[\[not a link, but this is`},
+			},
+			[]markdown.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: markdown.LexText, Val: ""},
+			},
+		)
+		t.Run(mut.name, test)
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range singleWikilink {
+		tc.name = "escape characters following " + tc.name
+		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
+			tc,
+			"",
+			`foo\[\[not a link, but this is`,
+			[]markdown.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: markdown.LexText, Val: ""},
+			},
+			[]markdown.Lexeme{
+				{Typ: markdown.LexText, Val: `foo\[\[not a link, but this is`},
+			},
+		)
+		t.Run(mut.name, test)
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_ObsidianWikilinks_EscapeCharacters(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range wikilinkWithEscapeCharacters {
 		mut, test := mutateTestCase(
 			tc,