diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextContentForBrowser-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextContentForBrowser-test.js
index 889eeae8c3fbb..95be89ca0bf4a 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextContentForBrowser-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/escapeTextContentForBrowser-test.js
@@ -10,38 +10,74 @@
 'use strict';
 
 describe('escapeTextContentForBrowser', () => {
-  // TODO: can we express this test with only public API?
-  var escapeTextContentForBrowser = require('escapeTextContentForBrowser');
+  var escapeTextContentForBrowser;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.resetModules();
+    escapeTextContentForBrowser = require('escapeTextContentForBrowser');
+  });
 
   it('should escape boolean to string', () => {
-    expect(escapeTextContentForBrowser(true)).toBe('true');
-    expect(escapeTextContentForBrowser(false)).toBe('false');
+    var firstTestElement = document.createElement('div');
+    firstTestElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser(true);
+
+    var secondTestElement = document.createElement('div');
+    secondTestElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser(false);
+
+    expect(firstTestElement.textContent).toEqual('true');
+    expect(secondTestElement.textContent).toEqual('false');
   });
 
   it('should escape object to string', () => {
-    var escaped = escapeTextContentForBrowser({
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser({
       toString: function() {
         return 'ponys';
       },
     });
 
-    expect(escaped).toBe('ponys');
+    expect(testElement.textContent).toEqual('ponys');
   });
 
   it('should escape number to string', () => {
-    expect(escapeTextContentForBrowser(42)).toBe('42');
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser(42);
+
+    expect(testElement.textContent).toEqual('42');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape ampersand entity', () => {
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser('&');
+
+    expect(testElement.innerHTML).toEqual('&');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape lower than entity', () => {
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser('<');
+
+    expect(testElement.innerHTML).toEqual('&lt;');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape greater than entity', () => {
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser('>');
+
+    expect(testElement.innerHTML).toEqual('&gt;');
+  });
+
+  it('should escape single quote entity', () => {
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser("'");
+
+    expect(testElement.textContent).toEqual("'");
   });
 
-  it('should escape string', () => {
-    var escaped = escapeTextContentForBrowser(
-      '<script type=\'\' src=""></script>',
-    );
-    expect(escaped).not.toContain('<');
-    expect(escaped).not.toContain('>');
-    expect(escaped).not.toContain("'");
-    expect(escaped).not.toContain('"');
+  it('should escape double quote entity', () => {
+    var testElement = document.createElement('div');
+    testElement.innerHTML = escapeTextContentForBrowser('"');
 
-    escaped = escapeTextContentForBrowser('&');
-    expect(escaped).toBe('&amp;');
+    expect(testElement.innerHTML).toEqual('"');
   });
 });