diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/nu/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/nu/mod.rs
index 80c0bf8571..fcd5eaa4c3 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/nu/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/nu/mod.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl Plugin for Query {
 
 pub fn web_examples() -> Vec<PluginExample> {
     vec![PluginExample {
-        example: "http get https://phoronix.com | query web --query 'header'".into(),
+        example: "http get https://phoronix.com | query web --query 'header' | flatten".into(),
         description: "Retrieve all `<header>` elements from phoronix.com website".into(),
         result: None,
     }, PluginExample {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub fn web_examples() -> Vec<PluginExample> {
         result: None
     },
     PluginExample {
-        example: "http get https://www.nushell.sh | query web --query 'h2, h2 + p' | group 2 | each {rotate --ccw tagline description} | flatten".into(),
+        example: "http get https://www.nushell.sh | query web --query 'h2, h2 + p' | each {str join} | group 2 | each {rotate --ccw tagline description} | flatten".into(),
         description: "Pass multiple css selectors to extract several elements within single query, group the query results together and rotate them to create a table".into(),
         result: None,
     },
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/query_web.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/query_web.rs
index 9318ea9dd7..ad6eca4f97 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/query_web.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_query/src/query_web.rs
@@ -260,10 +260,11 @@ fn execute_selector_query(
         false => doc
             .select(&css(query_string, inspect))
             .map(|selection| {
-                Value::string(
+                Value::list(
                     selection
                         .text()
-                        .fold("".to_string(), |acc, x| format!("{acc}{x}")),
+                        .map(|text| Value::string(text, span))
+                        .collect(),
                     span,
                 )
             })
@@ -293,6 +294,8 @@ mod tests {
          </ul>
      "#;
 
+    const NESTED_TEXT: &str = r#"<p>Hello there, <span style="color: red;">World</span></p>"#;
+
     #[test]
     fn test_first_child_is_not_empty() {
         assert!(!execute_selector_query(
@@ -316,6 +319,35 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let config = nu_protocol::Config::default();
         let out = item.into_string("\n", &config);
-        assert_eq!("[Coffee]".to_string(), out)
+        assert_eq!("[[Coffee]]".to_string(), out)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_nested_text_nodes() {
+        let item = execute_selector_query(
+            NESTED_TEXT,
+            "p:first-child",
+            false,
+            false,
+            Span::test_data(),
+        );
+        let out = item
+            .as_list()
+            .unwrap()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|matches| {
+                matches
+                    .as_list()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|text_nodes| text_nodes.as_string().unwrap())
+                    .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<Vec<String>>>();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            out,
+            vec![vec!["Hello there, ".to_string(), "World".to_string()]],
+        );
     }
 }