diff --git a/spec/text-utils-spec.coffee b/spec/text-utils-spec.coffee
index 3c234c5e5..6a03bb02f 100644
--- a/spec/text-utils-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-utils-spec.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ textUtils = require '../src/text-utils'
 
 describe 'text utilities', ->
   describe '.hasPairedCharacter(string)', ->
-    it 'returns true when the string contains a surrogate pair or variation sequence', ->
+    it 'returns true when the string contains a surrogate pair, variation sequence, or combined character', ->
       expect(textUtils.hasPairedCharacter('abc')).toBe false
       expect(textUtils.hasPairedCharacter('a\uD835\uDF97b\uD835\uDF97c')).toBe true
       expect(textUtils.hasPairedCharacter('\uD835\uDF97')).toBe true
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ describe 'text utilities', ->
       expect(textUtils.hasPairedCharacter('\u0301\u0301')).toBe false
 
   describe '.isPairedCharacter(string, index)', ->
-    it 'returns true when the index is the start of a high/low surrogate pair or variation sequence', ->
+    it 'returns true when the index is the start of a high/low surrogate pair, variation sequence, or combined character', ->
       expect(textUtils.isPairedCharacter('a\uD835\uDF97b\uD835\uDF97c', 0)).toBe false
       expect(textUtils.isPairedCharacter('a\uD835\uDF97b\uD835\uDF97c', 1)).toBe true
       expect(textUtils.isPairedCharacter('a\uD835\uDF97b\uD835\uDF97c', 2)).toBe false