diff --git a/tpl/strings/truncate_test.go b/tpl/strings/truncate_test.go
index 95ca31162..62125e1b4 100644
--- a/tpl/strings/truncate_test.go
+++ b/tpl/strings/truncate_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,16 @@ func TestTruncate(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkTruncate(b *testing.B) {
-	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-		ns.Truncate(10, "<p>test <b>hello</b> test something</p>")
-	}
+	b.Run("Plain text", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			ns.Truncate(10, "I am a test sentence")
+		}
+	})
+
+	b.Run("With link", func(b *testing.B) {
+		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+			ns.Truncate(10, "I have a <a href='/markdown'>Markdown link</a> inside")
+		}
+	})
+
 }