diff --git a/src/markup/engine/__tests__/remarkup/table-with-direct-content.txt b/src/markup/engine/__tests__/remarkup/table-with-direct-content.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/markup/engine/__tests__/remarkup/table-with-direct-content.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<table>quack</table>
+~~~~~~~~~~
+&lt;table&gt;quack&lt;/table&gt;
+~~~~~~~~~~
+<table>quack</table>
diff --git a/src/markup/engine/remarkup/blockrule/PhutilRemarkupTableBlockRule.php b/src/markup/engine/remarkup/blockrule/PhutilRemarkupTableBlockRule.php
--- a/src/markup/engine/remarkup/blockrule/PhutilRemarkupTableBlockRule.php
+++ b/src/markup/engine/remarkup/blockrule/PhutilRemarkupTableBlockRule.php
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@
       }
     }
 
-    return phutil_implode_html('', $out);
+    if ($this->getEngine()->isTextMode()) {
+      return implode('', $out);
+    } else {
+      return phutil_implode_html('', $out);
+    }
   }
 
   private function newTable(PhutilDOMNode $table) {
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@
           return $table->newRawString();
         }
 
-        $content = $cell->getRawContentString();
+        $content = $cell->newRawContentString();
         $content = $this->applyRules($content);
 
         $cell_specs[] = array(
diff --git a/src/parser/html/PhutilDOMNode.php b/src/parser/html/PhutilDOMNode.php
--- a/src/parser/html/PhutilDOMNode.php
+++ b/src/parser/html/PhutilDOMNode.php
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@
     return $this;
   }
 
-  public function getRawString() {
+  public function newRawString() {
     $raw = array();
     $raw[] = $this->rawHead;
 
     foreach ($this->getChildren() as $child) {
-      $raw[] = $child->getRawString();
+      $raw[] = $child->newRawString();
     }
 
     $raw[] = $this->rawTail;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       // Otherwise, this is some other tag. Convert it into a content
       // node.
 
-      $raw_string = $child->getRawString();
+      $raw_string = $child->newRawString();
 
       $nodes[] = id(new self())
         ->setContent($raw_string)
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@
     return $this->mergeContentNodes($nodes);
   }
 
-  public function getRawContentString() {
+  public function newRawContentString() {
     $content_node = $this->selectChildrenWithTags(array());
 
     if (!$content_node) {
       return '';
     }
 
-    return head($content_node)->getRawString();
+    return head($content_node)->newRawString();
   }
 
   public function mergeContent() {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 
       $parts = array();
       foreach ($item as $content_node) {
-        $parts[] = $content_node->getRawString();
+        $parts[] = $content_node->newRawString();
       }
       $parts = implode('', $parts);