diff --git a/tests/test_parse.py b/tests/test_parse.py
index d008aef..949b2d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse.py
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@
     assert stream.pop() is None
 
 
+# Tests parse_text fails without StartText
+@given(draw_syntax_text_valid())
+def test_parse_text_invalid_nostarttext(test_data):
+    (tokens, result) = test_data
+    stream = parse.SyntaxStream(tokens[1:0])
+    parsed = parse.parse_text(stream)
+    assert parsed is None
+
+
+# Tests parse_text fails without EndText
+@given(draw_syntax_text_valid())
+def test_parse_text_invalid_noendtext(test_data):
+    (tokens, result) = test_data
+    stream = parse.SyntaxStream(tokens[0:-1])
+    parsed = parse.parse_text(stream)
+    assert parsed is None
+
+
 # Tests the parser wrapper works correctly
 # We expect the following behaviour:
 # - Whitespace tokens are stripped