diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering.Tests/ContainerSpanTests.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering.Tests/ContainerSpanTests.cs
index 347da5d26c..0adbb3171a 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering.Tests/ContainerSpanTests.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering.Tests/ContainerSpanTests.cs
@@ -17,5 +17,14 @@ public void Container_span_supports_add_method()
 
             span.ContentLength.Should().Be("content with child".Length);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Container_span_supports_add_string_method()
+        {
+            var span = new ContainerSpan(new ContentSpan("content"));
+            span.Add(" with string");
+
+            span.ContentLength.Should().Be("content with string".Length);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering/ContainerSpan.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering/ContainerSpan.cs
index 933204b4e4..5a70ec2730 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering/ContainerSpan.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Rendering/ContainerSpan.cs
@@ -72,5 +72,17 @@ public void Add(TextSpan child)
 
             RecalculateChildPositions();
         }
+
+        public void Add(string text)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _children.Add(new ContentSpan(text));
+
+            RecalculateChildPositions();
+        }
     }
 }