diff --git a/markdown_it/tree.py b/markdown_it/tree.py
index a39ba32a..6641e5a4 100644
--- a/markdown_it/tree.py
+++ b/markdown_it/tree.py
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ def pretty(
         if not self.is_root and self.attrs:
             text += " " + " ".join(f"{k}={v!r}" for k, v in self.attrs.items())
         text += ">"
-        if show_text and not self.is_root and self.type == "text" and self.content:
+        if (
+            show_text
+            and not self.is_root
+            and self.type in ("text", "text_special")
+            and self.content
+        ):
             text += "\n" + textwrap.indent(self.content, prefix + " " * indent)
         for child in self.children:
             text += "\n" + child.pretty(
diff --git a/tests/test_tree.py b/tests/test_tree.py
index c5203b0b..36bd0b67 100644
--- a/tests/test_tree.py
+++ b/tests/test_tree.py
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ def test_pretty(file_regression):
     file_regression.check(node.pretty(indent=2, show_text=True), extension=".xml")
 
 
+def test_pretty_text_special(file_regression):
+    md = MarkdownIt()
+    md.disable("text_join")
+    tree = SyntaxTreeNode(md.parse("foo © bar \\("))
+    file_regression.check(tree.pretty(show_text=True), extension=".xml")
+
+
 def test_walk():
     tokens = MarkdownIt().parse(EXAMPLE_MARKDOWN)
     tree = SyntaxTreeNode(tokens)
diff --git a/tests/test_tree/test_pretty_text_special.xml b/tests/test_tree/test_pretty_text_special.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..211d790c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_tree/test_pretty_text_special.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<root>
+  <paragraph>
+    <inline>
+      <text>
+        foo 
+      <text_special>
+        ©
+      <text>
+         bar 
+      <text_special>
+        (
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