diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index d4a0c5e1d..9df9948f2 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -4538,8 +4538,8 @@ And with the extension:
     :::
 
     ::: {custom-style="BodyText"}
-    This is text with an *[emphasized]{custom-style="Emphatic"}* text style.
-    And this is text with a **[strengthened]{custom-style="Strengthened"}**
+    This is text with an [*emphasized*]{custom-style="Emphatic"} text style.
+    And this is text with a [**strengthened**]{custom-style="Strengthened"}
     text style.
     :::
 
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
index 775fa1cdd..5f2ca0fff 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Docx.hs
@@ -301,37 +301,37 @@ runStyleToTransform rPr
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {isItalic = Nothing}
-      return $ emph . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . emph  . transform
   | Just True <- isBold rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {isBold = Nothing}
-      return $ strong . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . strong . transform
   | Just True <- isSmallCaps rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {isSmallCaps = Nothing}
-      return $ smallcaps . extraInfo .transform
+      return $ extraInfo . smallcaps . transform
   | Just True <- isStrike rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {isStrike = Nothing}
-      return $ strikeout . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . strikeout . transform
   | Just SupScrpt <- rVertAlign rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {rVertAlign = Nothing}
-      return $ superscript . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . superscript . transform
   | Just SubScrpt <- rVertAlign rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {rVertAlign = Nothing}
-      return $ subscript . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . subscript . transform
   | Just "single" <- rUnderline rPr = do
       extraInfo <- extraRunStyleInfo rPr
       transform <- local (\e -> e{docxCustomStyleAlready = True}) $
                    runStyleToTransform rPr {rUnderline = Nothing}
-      return $ underlineSpan . extraInfo . transform
+      return $ extraInfo . underlineSpan . transform
   | otherwise = extraRunStyleInfo rPr
 
 runToInlines :: PandocMonad m => Run -> DocxContext m Inlines
diff --git a/test/docx/custom-style-with-styles.native b/test/docx/custom-style-with-styles.native
index 9547a261a..6b0381408 100644
--- a/test/docx/custom-style-with-styles.native
+++ b/test/docx/custom-style-with-styles.native
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Div ("",[],[("custom-style","FirstParagraph")])
  [Para [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "some",Space,Str "text."]]
 ,Div ("",[],[("custom-style","BodyText")])
- [Para [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "text",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "an",Space,Emph [Span ("",[],[("custom-style","Emphatic")]) [Str "emphasized"]],Space,Str "text",Space,Str "style.",Space,Str "And",Space,Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "text",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "a",Space,Strong [Span ("",[],[("custom-style","Strengthened")]) [Str "strengthened"]],Space,Str "text",Space,Str "style."]]
+ [Para [Str "This",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "text",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "an",Space,Span ("",[],[("custom-style","Emphatic")]) [Emph [Str "emphasized"]],Space,Str "text",Space,Str "style.",Space,Str "And",Space,Str "this",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "text",Space,Str "with",Space,Str "a",Space,Span ("",[],[("custom-style","Strengthened")]) [Strong [Str "strengthened"]],Space,Str "text",Space,Str "style."]]
 ,Div ("",[],[("custom-style","MyBlockStyle")])
  [BlockQuote
   [Para [Str "Here",Space,Str "is",Space,Str "a",Space,Str "styled",Space,Str "paragraph",Space,Str "that",Space,Str "inherits",Space,Str "from",Space,Str "Block",Space,Str "Text."]]]]