diff --git a/src/Utils/Html.php b/src/Utils/Html.php
index 475247d13..f645ac52b 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Html.php
+++ b/src/Utils/Html.php
@@ -362,17 +362,39 @@ public function getText()
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated
+	 */
+	public function add($child)
+	{
+		trigger_error('Method Nette\Utils\Html::add() is deprecated, use addHtml() or addText() instead.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+		return $this->addHtml($child);
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Adds new element's child.
 	 * @param  Html|string Html node or raw HTML string
 	 * @return self
 	 */
-	public function add($child)
+	public function addHtml($child)
 	{
 		return $this->insert(NULL, $child);
 	}
 
 
+	/**
+	 * Appends plain-text string to element content.
+	 * @param  string plain-text string
+	 * @return self
+	 */
+	public function addText($text)
+	{
+		$text = htmlspecialchars($text, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+		return $this->insert(NULL, $text);
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates and adds a new Html child.
 	 * @param  string  elements's name
diff --git a/tests/Utils/Html.children.phpt b/tests/Utils/Html.children.phpt
index 39571f4dc..19f3163b5 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/Html.children.phpt
+++ b/tests/Utils/Html.children.phpt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require __DIR__ . '/../bootstrap.php';
 test(function () { // add
 	$el = Html::el('ul');
 	$el->create('li')->setText('one');
-	$el->add(Html::el('li')->setText('two'))->class('hello');
+	$el->addHtml(Html::el('li')->setText('two'))->class('hello');
 	Assert::same('<ul class="hello"><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>', (string) $el);
 
 
@@ -31,15 +31,18 @@ test(function () { // add
 
 test(function () {
 	$el = Html::el(NULL);
-	$el->add(Html::el('p')->setText('one'));
-	$el->add(Html::el('p')->setText('two'));
-	Assert::same('<p>one</p><p>two</p>', (string) $el);
+	$el->addHtml(Html::el('p')->setText('one'));
+	$el->addText('<p>two</p>');
+	$el->addHtml('<p>three</p>');
+	Assert::same('<p>one</p>&lt;p&gt;two&lt;/p&gt;<p>three</p>', (string) $el);
 
 
 	// ==> Get child:
-	Assert::true(isset($el[1]));
-	Assert::same('<p>two</p>', (string) $el[1]);
-	Assert::false(isset($el[2]));
+	Assert::true(isset($el[0]));
+	Assert::same('<p>one</p>', (string) $el[0]);
+	Assert::same('&lt;p&gt;two&lt;/p&gt;', (string) $el[1]);
+	Assert::same('<p>three</p>', (string) $el[2]);
+	Assert::false(isset($el[3]));
 });