diff --git a/text.go b/text.go
index 0f67192..221ba7c 100644
--- a/text.go
+++ b/text.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Text interface {
 func NewText(textType, content string) (Text, error) {
 	switch textType {
 	case "text", "":
-		return &PlainText{Type: "text", Text: content}, nil
+		return &PlainText{Type: textType, Text: content}, nil
 	case "html":
 		return &PlainText{Type: textType, Text: html.EscapeString(content)}, nil
 	case "xhtml":