diff --git a/present/caption.go b/present/caption.go
index 0fa2656f08..64a52687fa 100644
--- a/present/caption.go
+++ b/present/caption.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Caption struct {
 func (c Caption) PresentCmd() string   { return c.Cmd }
 func (c Caption) TemplateName() string { return "caption" }
 
-func parseCaption(_ *Context, _ string, _ int, text string) (Elem, error) {
-	text = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(text, ".caption"))
-	return Caption{text, text}, nil
+func parseCaption(_ *Context, _ string, _ int, cmd string) (Elem, error) {
+	text := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(cmd, ".caption"))
+	return Caption{cmd, text}, nil
 }