diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
index fb06f7d60..758523bec 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -286,6 +286,59 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         tasks.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(doc.pk)
         self.assertNotEqual(Document.objects.get(pk=doc.pk).content, "test")
 
+    def test_update_content_maybe_archive_file_allows_null_parser_text(
+        self,
+    ) -> None:
+        for archive in (False, True):
+            with self.subTest(archive=archive):
+                source_path = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
+                source_path.write_bytes(b"%PDF-1.4\n")
+                doc = Document.objects.create(
+                    title="test",
+                    content="existing content",
+                    checksum="wow",
+                    filename=source_path,
+                    mime_type="application/pdf",
+                )
+                archive_path = None
+                if archive:
+                    archive_path = settings.SCRATCH_DIR / "archive.pdf"
+                    archive_path.write_bytes(b"%PDF-1.4\n")
+                thumbnail_path = settings.SCRATCH_DIR / "thumbnail.webp"
+                thumbnail_path.write_bytes(b"thumbnail")
+
+                parser = mock.Mock(
+                    can_produce_archive=archive,
+                    requires_pdf_rendition=False,
+                )
+                parser.get_archive_path.return_value = archive_path
+                parser.get_text.return_value = None
+                parser.get_thumbnail.return_value = thumbnail_path
+
+                parser_context = mock.MagicMock()
+                parser_context.__enter__.return_value = parser
+
+                registry = mock.Mock()
+                registry.get_parser_for_file.return_value = mock.Mock(
+                    return_value=parser_context,
+                )
+
+                with mock.patch(
+                    "documents.tasks.get_parser_registry",
+                    return_value=registry,
+                ):
+                    tasks.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(doc.pk)
+                doc.refresh_from_db()
+
+                self.assertEqual(doc.content, "")
+                if archive:
+                    self.assertIsNotNone(doc.archive_checksum)
+                    self.assertIsNotNone(doc.archive_filename)
+                    self.assertTrue(doc.archive_path.is_file())
+                else:
+                    self.assertIsNone(doc.archive_checksum)
+                    self.assertIsNone(doc.archive_filename)
+
 
 class TestAIIndex(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
     @override_settings(