diff --git a/rc/tools/spell.kak b/rc/tools/spell.kak
index 07318250..d062f3e4 100644
--- a/rc/tools/spell.kak
+++ b/rc/tools/spell.kak
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ define-command -params ..1 -docstring %{
                     }
 
                     else if (/^[#&]/) {
-                        word_len = length($2) - 1
+                        word_len = length($2)
                         word_pos = substr($0, 1, 1) == "&" ? substr($4, 1, length($4) - 1) : $3;
                         regions = regions " " line_num "." word_pos "+" word_len "|Error"
                     }
diff --git a/src/highlighters.cc b/src/highlighters.cc
index ac33cf4f..45d34052 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.cc
+++ b/src/highlighters.cc
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ InclusiveBufferRange option_from_string(Meta::Type<InclusiveBufferRange>, String
     if (*sep == '+')
     {
         auto len = str_to_int({sep+1, str.end()});
-        return {first, len == 0 ? BufferCoord{-1,-1} : BufferCoord{first.line, first.column + len}};
+        return {first, len == 0 ? BufferCoord{-1,-1} : BufferCoord{first.line, first.column + len - 1}};
     }
 
     const BufferCoord last{str_to_int({sep+1, dot_end}) - 1, str_to_int({dot_end+1, str.end()}) - 1};
diff --git a/test/highlight/ranges/cmd b/test/highlight/ranges/cmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b137891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/ranges/cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/highlight/ranges/in b/test/highlight/ranges/in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b6167c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/ranges/in
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+foo
+bar
+baz
+%( )
diff --git a/test/highlight/ranges/rc b/test/highlight/ranges/rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f821a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/ranges/rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+declare-option range-specs r
+add-highlighter window/ ranges r
+set window r %val{timestamp} 1.1+0|default,red 2.1,2.1|default,red 3.1+2|default,red
diff --git a/test/highlight/ranges/script b/test/highlight/ranges/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14c640d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/highlight/ranges/script
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "set_ui_options", "params": [{}] }'
+ui_out '{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "draw", "params": [[[{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "foo\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "red", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "b" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "ar\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "red", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "ba" }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "z\u000a" }], [{ "face": { "fg": "black", "bg": "white", "attributes": [] }, "contents": " " }, { "face": { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, "contents": "\u000a" }]], { "fg": "default", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }, { "fg": "blue", "bg": "default", "attributes": [] }] }'