diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index d4c8c43..ab58b7b 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (d *Document) parseLineBreak(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
 }
 
 func (d *Document) parseExplicitLineBreak(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
-	if start == 0 || input[start-1] == '\n' || start+1 >= len(input) || input[start+1] != '\\' {
+	if start == 0 || input[start-1] == '\n' || start+2 >= len(input) || input[start+1] != '\\' {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
 	for i := start + 2; unicode.IsSpace(rune(input[i])); i++ {
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.html b/org/testdata/inline.html
index 3cbb95b..9801b36 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.html
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.html
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 <li>
 <p>
 <em>emphasis</em> and a hard line break <br>
-see?
+see? <br>
+also hard line breaks not followed by a newline get ignored, see \\
 </p>
 </li>
 <li>
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.org b/org/testdata/inline.org
index 7097358..d967879 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.org
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.org
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - /emphasis/ and a hard line break \\
-  see?
+  see? \\
+  also hard line breaks not followed by a newline get ignored, see \\
 - /.emphasis with dot border chars./
 - /emphasis with a slash/inside/
 - /emphasis/ followed by raw text with slash /
diff --git a/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org b/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
index f4429e9..f1320bb 100644
--- a/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
+++ b/org/testdata/inline.pretty_org
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - /emphasis/ and a hard line break \\
-  see?
+  see? \\
+  also hard line breaks not followed by a newline get ignored, see \\
 - /.emphasis with dot border chars./
 - /emphasis with a slash/inside/
 - /emphasis/ followed by raw text with slash /