diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
index 3fd2eb62..363209ed 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/ScriptureRefUsfmParserHandlerBase.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public override void EndNote(UsfmParserState state, string marker, bool closed)
         public override void Text(UsfmParserState state, string text)
         {
             // if we hit text in a verse paragraph and we aren't in a verse, then start a non-verse segment
-            if (text.Trim().Length > 0 && text.Trim() != "...")
+            if (text.Trim().Length > 0)
                 CheckConvertVerseParaToNonVerse(state);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UsfmTextBase.cs b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UsfmTextBase.cs
index f530fd9a..e3777f08 100644
--- a/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UsfmTextBase.cs
+++ b/src/SIL.Machine/Corpora/UsfmTextBase.cs
@@ -235,11 +235,6 @@ public override void Text(UsfmParserState state, string text)
                 if (_rowTexts.Count == 0)
                     return;
 
-                if (text.Trim() == "...")
-                {
-                    text = "";
-                }
-
                 StringBuilder rowText = _rowTexts.Peek();
                 if (_text._includeMarkers)
                 {
@@ -279,6 +274,10 @@ protected override void StartVerseText(UsfmParserState state, IReadOnlyList<Scri
             protected override void EndVerseText(UsfmParserState state, IReadOnlyList<ScriptureRef> scriptureRefs)
             {
                 string text = _rowTexts.Pop().ToString();
+                if (text.Trim() == "...")
+                {
+                    text = "";
+                }
                 _rows.AddRange(_text.CreateRows(scriptureRefs, text, _sentenceStart));
                 _sentenceStart = state.Token.Marker == "c" || text.HasSentenceEnding();
             }