diff --git a/crates/docx/src/read/embed.rs b/crates/docx/src/read/embed.rs
index ce4eae7ed..1cc97bb03 100644
--- a/crates/docx/src/read/embed.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/src/read/embed.rs
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ mod tests {
         // A hyperlink whose relationship id is written without the prefix: the reader resolves
         // it (the alias `El::attr` accepts), so the part it names is not carried over twice.
         let named = package(
-            r#"<w:p><w:r><w:hyperlink id="rIdDoc1"><w:r><w:t>link</w:t></w:r></w:hyperlink></w:r></w:p>"#,
+            r#"<w:p><w:hyperlink id="rIdDoc1"><w:r><w:t>link</w:t></w:r></w:hyperlink></w:p>"#,
             &[("rIdDoc1", "keep.bin")],
             &[("word/keep.bin", b"kept")],
         );
diff --git a/crates/docx/src/xml.rs b/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
index d1aa38a91..6fd1db7e9 100644
--- a/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
+++ b/crates/docx/src/xml.rs
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ fn parse_with(bytes: &[u8], extra: &[(&'static str, &str)], strict: bool) -> Res
         };
         match ev {
             Event::Start(ref e) | Event::Empty(ref e) => {
+                if strict && root.is_some() && stack.is_empty() {
+                    return Err(DocxError::Xml("more than one root element".into()));
+                }
                 count += 1;
                 if count > MAX_ELEMENTS {
                     return Err(DocxError::Limit("too many XML elements".into()));
@@ -433,15 +436,17 @@ fn parse_with(bytes: &[u8], extra: &[(&'static str, &str)], strict: bool) -> Res
                         }
                         Err(_) => None,
                     };
-                    if let Some(c) = ch {
-                        push_text(top, &c);
+                    match ch {
+                        Some(c) => push_text(top, &c),
+                        None if strict => return Err(DocxError::Xml("an entity is not defined".into())),
+                        None => {}
                     }
                 }
             }
             Event::Eof => break,
             _ => {}
         }
-        if root.is_some() && stack.is_empty() {
+        if !strict && root.is_some() && stack.is_empty() {
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -567,6 +572,22 @@ pub fn body_ns() -> Vec<(String, String)> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn strict_parsing_rejects_a_dropped_entity_and_trailing_markup() {
+        let bad = [&b"<w:t>before &unknown; after</w:t>"[..], b"<a></a><b></b>", b"<a></a><b>"];
+        for xml in bad {
+            assert!(parse_strict(xml).is_err(), "{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(xml));
+        }
+        assert!(
+            parse_strict(
+                b"<a>x &amp; y</a>
+"
+            )
+            .is_ok()
+        );
+        assert!(parse(b"<a></a><b></b>").is_ok(), "lenient parsing still stops at the root");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn a_relationship_attribute_is_the_namespaced_one_or_the_alias_of_one() {
         // The relationship namespace, and VML's `o:relid`.