diff --git a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
index 434a123f90..b3ffd90b18 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class WP_Widget_Text extends WP_Widget {
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */
 		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', empty( $instance['title'] ) ? '' : $instance['title'], $instance, $this->id_base );
 
-		$widget_text = ! empty( $instance['text'] ) ? $instance['text'] : '';
+		$text = ! empty( $instance['text'] ) ? $instance['text'] : '';
 
 		/**
 		 * Filters the content of the Text widget.
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ class WP_Widget_Text extends WP_Widget {
 		 * @since 2.3.0
 		 * @since 4.4.0 Added the `$this` parameter.
 		 *
-		 * @param string         $widget_text The widget content.
-		 * @param array          $instance    Array of settings for the current widget.
-		 * @param WP_Widget_Text $this        Current Text widget instance.
+		 * @param string         $text     The widget content.
+		 * @param array          $instance Array of settings for the current widget.
+		 * @param WP_Widget_Text $this     Current Text widget instance.
 		 */
-		$text = apply_filters( 'widget_text', $widget_text, $instance, $this );
+		$text = apply_filters( 'widget_text', $text, $instance, $this );
 
 		if ( isset( $instance['filter'] ) ) {
 			if ( 'content' === $instance['filter'] ) {
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ class WP_Widget_Text extends WP_Widget {
 				 *
 				 * @since 4.8.0
 				 *
-				 * @param string         $widget_text The widget content.
-				 * @param array          $instance    Array of settings for the current widget.
-				 * @param WP_Widget_Text $this        Current Text widget instance.
+				 * @param string         $text     The widget content.
+				 * @param array          $instance Array of settings for the current widget.
+				 * @param WP_Widget_Text $this     Current Text widget instance.
 				 */
-				$text = apply_filters( 'widget_text_content', $widget_text, $instance, $this );
+				$text = apply_filters( 'widget_text_content', $text, $instance, $this );
 
 			} elseif ( $instance['filter'] ) {
 				$text = wpautop( $text ); // Back-compat for instances prior to 4.8.
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
index 81419051b6..a28e6a668a 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			'filter' => false,
 		);
 
-		add_filter( 'widget_text_content', array( $this, 'filter_widget_text_content' ), 10, 3 );
-		add_filter( 'widget_text', array( $this, 'filter_widget_text' ), 10, 3 );
+		add_filter( 'widget_text_content', array( $this, 'filter_widget_text_content' ), 5, 3 );
+		add_filter( 'widget_text', array( $this, 'filter_widget_text' ), 5, 3 );
 
 		// Test with filter=false.
 		ob_start();
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertNotContains( '<br />', $output );
 		$this->assertEmpty( $this->widget_text_content_args );
 		$this->assertNotEmpty( $this->widget_text_args );
+		$this->assertContains( '[filter:widget_text]', $output );
+		$this->assertNotContains( '[filter:widget_text_content]', $output );
 
 		// Test with filter=true.
 		$instance['filter'] = true;
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( $instance, $this->widget_text_args[1] );
 		$this->assertEquals( $widget, $this->widget_text_args[2] );
 		$this->assertEmpty( $this->widget_text_content_args );
+		$this->assertContains( '[filter:widget_text]', $output );
+		$this->assertNotContains( '[filter:widget_text_content]', $output );
 
 		// Test with filter=content, the upgraded widget.
 		$instance['filter'] = 'content';
@@ -111,9 +115,10 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( $instance, $this->widget_text_args[1] );
 		$this->assertEquals( $widget, $this->widget_text_args[2] );
 		$this->assertCount( 3, $this->widget_text_content_args );
-		$this->assertEquals( wpautop( $instance['text'] ), $this->widget_text_content_args[0] );
+		$this->assertEquals( $instance['text'] . '[filter:widget_text]', $this->widget_text_content_args[0] );
 		$this->assertEquals( $instance, $this->widget_text_content_args[1] );
 		$this->assertEquals( $widget, $this->widget_text_content_args[2] );
+		$this->assertContains( wpautop( $instance['text'] . '[filter:widget_text][filter:widget_text_content]' ), $output );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	function filter_widget_text( $widget_text, $instance, $widget ) {
 		$this->widget_text_args = func_get_args();
 
+		$widget_text .= '[filter:widget_text]';
 		return $widget_text;
 	}
 
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 	function filter_widget_text_content( $widget_text, $instance, $widget ) {
 		$this->widget_text_content_args = func_get_args();
 
+		$widget_text .= '[filter:widget_text_content]';
 		return $widget_text;
 	}