diff --git a/src/app/commands/cmd_paste_text.cpp b/src/app/commands/cmd_paste_text.cpp
index fc82e230f..9c4b91012 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/cmd_paste_text.cpp
+++ b/src/app/commands/cmd_paste_text.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Aseprite
-// Copyright (C) 2019  Igara Studio S.A.
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020  Igara Studio S.A.
 // Copyright (C) 2001-2018  David Capello
 //
 // This program is distributed under the terms of
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "app/ui/drop_down_button.h"
 #include "app/ui/editor/editor.h"
 #include "app/ui/font_popup.h"
+#include "app/ui/timeline/timeline.h"
 #include "app/util/freetype_utils.h"
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/fs.h"
@@ -190,6 +191,12 @@ void PasteTextCommand::onExecute(Context* ctx)
             false, 0));
       }
 
+      // TODO we don't support pasting text in multiple cels at the
+      //      moment, so we clear the range here (same as in
+      //      clipboard::paste())
+      if (auto timeline = App::instance()->timeline())
+        timeline->clearAndInvalidateRange();
+
       editor->pasteImage(image.get());
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/app/util/clipboard.cpp b/src/app/util/clipboard.cpp
index 77ba57bae..cc64b75f9 100644
--- a/src/app/util/clipboard.cpp
+++ b/src/app/util/clipboard.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Aseprite
-// Copyright (C) 2019  Igara Studio S.A.
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2020  Igara Studio S.A.
 // Copyright (C) 2001-2018  David Capello
 //
 // This program is distributed under the terms of
@@ -396,8 +396,9 @@ void paste(Context* ctx, const bool interactive)
       }
 
       if (current_editor && interactive) {
-        // TODO we don't support pasting in multiple cels at the moment,
-        //      so we clear the range here.
+        // TODO we don't support pasting in multiple cels at the
+        //      moment, so we clear the range here (same as in
+        //      PasteTextCommand::onExecute())
         App::instance()->timeline()->clearAndInvalidateRange();
 
         // Change to MovingPixelsState