diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/marks_ui.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/marks_ui.rs
index 4a60c40a6..d91a69f93 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/marks_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/marks_ui.rs
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ pub struct PageRange {
 }
 
 impl Default for PageRange {
+    /// From the first page to the last: `to` starts past any page count, and the range field
+    /// shows (and clamps it to) the document's last page.
     fn default() -> Self {
-        Self { all: true, from: 1, to: 1, subset: Subset::All }
+        Self { all: true, from: 1, to: usize::MAX, subset: Subset::All }
     }
 }
 
@@ -53,9 +55,6 @@ impl PageRange {
             widgets::radio_value(ui, &mut self.all, false, tl!("Pages from"));
             ui.add_enabled(!self.all, egui::DragValue::new(&mut self.from).range(1..=count.max(1)));
             ui.label(tl!("to"));
-            if self.to == 1 && self.from == 1 {
-                self.to = count.max(1);
-            }
             ui.add_enabled(!self.all, egui::DragValue::new(&mut self.to).range(1..=count.max(1)));
             ui.label(tl!("Subset"));
             let label = match self.subset {
@@ -519,6 +518,11 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(r.pages(6), [1, 3, 5]);
         let r = PageRange { all: true, subset: Subset::Odd, ..PageRange::default() };
         assert_eq!(r.pages(5), [0, 2, 4]);
+        // Not all pages: by default up to the last one; a single page is a range too.
+        let r = PageRange { all: false, ..PageRange::default() };
+        assert_eq!(r.pages(4), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        let r = PageRange { all: false, from: 1, to: 1, subset: Subset::All };
+        assert_eq!(r.pages(38), [0]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_group/marks.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_group/marks.rs
index 0a0e45b15..1f1515ad6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_group/marks.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_group/marks.rs
@@ -96,3 +96,37 @@ fn backgrounds_and_watermarks_from_a_file() {
     let s = h.state();
     assert_eq!(s.session.get(s.views[0].id).unwrap().can_undo(), Some("Add background"));
 }
+
+/// Pages from 1 to 1 stays one page: the dialog used to turn "to" back into the last page on
+/// every frame while both were 1, so only page 1 could not be chosen alone. The field starts on
+/// the last page.
+#[test]
+fn page_range_from_one_to_one_selects_only_the_first_page() {
+    let mut h = harness();
+    h.state_mut().execute("edit.background");
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    assert_eq!(h.state().marks_draft.range.pages(3), [0, 1, 2]);
+    h.get_by_label("Pages from").click();
+    h.run_steps(2);
+    let range = h.state().marks_draft.range;
+    assert_eq!((range.from, range.to), (1, 3), "from the first page to the last");
+    h.state_mut().marks_draft.range.to = 1;
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let range = h.state().marks_draft.range;
+    assert_eq!((range.from, range.to), (1, 1), "the range stays as typed");
+    h.get_by_label("Applies to 1 page");
+    h.get_by_label("OK").click();
+    h.run_steps(3);
+    let s = h.state();
+    let doc = s.session.get(s.views[0].id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(doc.marks(), [MarkKind::Background]);
+    // Rendered: page 1 has the (default cream) background, page 2 is still blank.
+    let mut r = pdfcraft_render::PageRenderer::new(doc.bytes.clone(), pdfcraft_render::RenderConfig::default());
+    let corner = |r: &mut pdfcraft_render::PageRenderer, page: usize| {
+        let p = r.render(pdfcraft_render::RenderRequest { page, scale: 1.0, ..Default::default() });
+        assert!(p.error.is_none(), "{:?}", p.error);
+        p.rgba[..4].to_vec()
+    };
+    assert_eq!(corner(&mut r, 0), vec![255, 255, 217, 255], "page 1 has the background");
+    assert_eq!(corner(&mut r, 1), vec![255, 255, 255, 255], "page 2 does not");
+}