diff --git a/src/Converter/LinkConverter.php b/src/Converter/LinkConverter.php
index f0765f3..74b49a7 100644
--- a/src/Converter/LinkConverter.php
+++ b/src/Converter/LinkConverter.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public function convert(ElementInterface $element)
     {
         $href = $element->getAttribute('href');
         $title = $element->getAttribute('title');
-        $text = trim($element->getValue());
+        $text = trim($element->getValue(), "\t\n\r\0\x0B");
 
         if ($title !== '') {
             $markdown = '[' . $text . '](' . $href . ' "' . $title . '")';
diff --git a/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php b/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
index 24a793b..7c8a23c 100644
--- a/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
+++ b/tests/HtmlConverterTest.php
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ public function test_anchor()
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net">http://modernnerd.net</a>', '<http://modernnerd.net>');
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net" title="Title">Modern Nerd</a>', '[Modern Nerd](http://modernnerd.net "Title")');
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net" title="Title">Modern Nerd</a> <a href="http://modernnerd.net" title="Title">Modern Nerd</a>', '[Modern Nerd](http://modernnerd.net "Title") [Modern Nerd](http://modernnerd.net "Title")');
+        $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net"><h3>Modern Nerd</h3></a>', '[### Modern Nerd](http://modernnerd.net)');
+        $this->html_gives_markdown('The <a href="http://modernnerd.net">Modern Nerd </a>(MN)', 'The [Modern Nerd ](http://modernnerd.net)(MN)');
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net/" title="Title"><img src="/path/img.jpg" alt="alt text" title="Title"/></a>', '[![alt text](/path/img.jpg "Title")](http://modernnerd.net/ "Title")');
         $this->html_gives_markdown('<a href="http://modernnerd.net/" title="Title"><img src="/path/img.jpg" alt="alt text" title="Title"/> Test</a>', '[![alt text](/path/img.jpg "Title") Test](http://modernnerd.net/ "Title")');