diff --git a/lib/roo/excelx/comments.rb b/lib/roo/excelx/comments.rb
index 65044a94..c37097a5 100644
--- a/lib/roo/excelx/comments.rb
+++ b/lib/roo/excelx/comments.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def extract_comments
         return {} unless doc_exists?
 
         doc.xpath('//comments/commentList/comment').each_with_object({}) do |comment, hash|
-          value = (comment.at_xpath('./text/r/t') || comment.at_xpath('./text/t')).text
+          value = comment.xpath('./text/r/t', './text/t').text
           hash[::Roo::Utils.ref_to_key(comment['ref'].to_s)] = value
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/files/comments-with-author.xlsx b/test/files/comments-with-author.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6377aaf8
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/files/comments-with-author.xlsx differ
diff --git a/test/helpers/test_comments.rb b/test/helpers/test_comments.rb
index 2e267862..e204b1aa 100644
--- a/test/helpers/test_comments.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/test_comments.rb
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ def test_comments_from_google_sheet_exported_as_xlsx
       assert_equal expected_comments, oo.comments(oo.sheets.first), "comments error in class #{oo.class}"
     end
   end
+
+  def test_excel_comment_with_author
+    options = { name: "comments-with-author", format: [:excelx] }
+    expexted_comments = [
+      [6, 2, "Eli Wang:\ncomment with author"]
+    ]
+
+    with_each_spreadsheet(options) do |oo|
+      assert_equal expexted_comments, oo.comments(oo.sheets.first), "comments error in class #{oo.class}"
+    end
+  end
 end