diff --git a/tests/test_rich_render_text.py b/tests/test_rich_render_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e1e9b748d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_rich_render_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from typer.rich_utils import rich_render_text
+
+
+def test_rich_render_text_returns_plain_text():
+    text = "Hello 🌍"
+    result = rich_render_text(text)
+    assert "Hello" in result
+    assert "🌍" in result
diff --git a/typer/rich_utils.py b/typer/rich_utils.py
index ad110cb8d6..c55142fa0c 100644
--- a/typer/rich_utils.py
+++ b/typer/rich_utils.py
@@ -733,7 +733,8 @@ def rich_to_html(input_text: str) -> str:
 def rich_render_text(text: str) -> str:
     """Remove rich tags and render a pure text representation"""
     console = _get_rich_console()
-    return "".join(segment.text for segment in console.render(text)).rstrip("\n")
+    rendered = "".join(segment.text for segment in console.render(text))
+    return rendered.rstrip("\n")
 
 
 def get_traceback(