diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0515e99d..7e8359ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ Gin uses a custom version of [HttpRouter](https://github.com/julienschmidt/httpr
 
 - [x] Zero allocation router.
 - [x] Still the fastest http router and framework. From routing to writing.
-- [x] Complete suite of unit tests
-- [x] Battle tested
+- [x] Complete suite of unit tests.
+- [x] Battle tested.
 - [x] API frozen, new releases will not break your code.
 
 ## Build with [jsoniter](https://github.com/json-iterator/go)
diff --git a/render/text.go b/render/text.go
index 30f5f532..461b720a 100644
--- a/render/text.go
+++ b/render/text.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package render
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin/internal/bytesconv"
 )
 
 // String contains the given interface object slice and its format.
@@ -34,6 +36,6 @@ func WriteString(w http.ResponseWriter, format string, data []interface{}) (err
 		_, err = fmt.Fprintf(w, format, data...)
 		return
 	}
-	_, err = w.Write([]byte(format))
+	_, err = w.Write(bytesconv.StringToBytes(format))
 	return
 }