diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParserR4Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParserR4Test.java
index f3d4897a10a..cf9a68e5f4a 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParserR4Test.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/JsonParserR4Test.java
@@ -447,6 +447,34 @@ public class JsonParserR4Test {
 		assertEquals("535", ((StringType) houseNumberExt.getValue()).getValue());
 
 	}
+	
+	private Composition createComposition(String sectionText) {
+		Composition c = new Composition();
+		Narrative compositionText = new Narrative().setStatus(Narrative.NarrativeStatus.GENERATED);
+		compositionText.setDivAsString("Composition");		
+		Narrative compositionSectionText = new Narrative().setStatus(Narrative.NarrativeStatus.GENERATED);
+		compositionSectionText.setDivAsString(sectionText);		
+		c.setText(compositionText);
+		c.addSection().setText(compositionSectionText);
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * See #402 (however JSON is fine)
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testEncodingTextSection() {
+
+		String sectionText = "sectionText";
+		Composition composition = createComposition(sectionText);
+
+		String encoded = ourCtx.newJsonParser().encodeResourceToString(composition);
+		ourLog.info(encoded);
+
+		int idx = encoded.indexOf(sectionText);
+		assertNotEquals(-1, idx);
+	}
+
 
 	/**
 	 * 2019-09-19 - Pre #1489
diff --git a/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserR4Test.java b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserR4Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf97110174f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hapi-fhir-structures-r4/src/test/java/ca/uhn/fhir/parser/XmlParserR4Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package ca.uhn.fhir.parser;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Composition;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Narrative;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import ca.uhn.fhir.context.FhirContext;
+
+public class XmlParserR4Test {
+	private static final Logger ourLog = LoggerFactory.getLogger(XmlParserR4Test.class);
+	private static FhirContext ourCtx = FhirContext.forR4();
+	
+	
+	private Composition createComposition(String sectionText) {
+		Composition c = new Composition();
+		Narrative compositionText = new Narrative().setStatus(Narrative.NarrativeStatus.GENERATED);
+		compositionText.setDivAsString("Composition");		
+		Narrative compositionSectionText = new Narrative().setStatus(Narrative.NarrativeStatus.GENERATED);
+		compositionSectionText.setDivAsString(sectionText);		
+		c.setText(compositionText);
+		c.addSection().setText(compositionSectionText);
+		return c;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * See #402 section.text is overwritten by composition.text
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testEncodingTextSection() {
+
+		String sectionText = "sectionText";
+		Composition composition = createComposition(sectionText);
+
+		String encoded = ourCtx.newXmlParser().encodeResourceToString(composition);
+		ourLog.info(encoded);
+
+		int idx = encoded.indexOf(sectionText);
+		assertNotEquals(-1, idx);
+	}
+	
+}