diff --git a/src/core/CCParse.ml b/src/core/CCParse.ml
index 559870af..d3d55f55 100644
--- a/src/core/CCParse.ml
+++ b/src/core/CCParse.ml
@@ -512,6 +512,19 @@ let chars1_if ?descr p = {
       ~err
 }
 
+(*$QR
+    Q.(printable_string) (fun s ->
+        let pred = (function 'a'..'z' | 'A' .. 'Z' | '{' | '}' -> true | _ -> false) in
+        let p1 = chars1_if pred in
+        let p2 = take1_if pred >|= Slice.to_string in
+        parse_string p1 s = parse_string p2 s)
+    *)
+
+(*$T
+  let pred = (function 'a'..'z' | 'A' .. 'Z' | '{' | '}' -> true | _ -> false) in \
+  parse_string (chars_if pred) "coucou{lol} 123" = Ok "coucou{lol}"
+*)
+
 exception Fold_fail of state * string
 
 let chars_fold ~f acc0 = {
diff --git a/src/core/CCParse.mli b/src/core/CCParse.mli
index 94c5875a..1bcdd4b7 100644
--- a/src/core/CCParse.mli
+++ b/src/core/CCParse.mli
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ val chars_if : (char -> bool) -> string t
 val chars1_if : ?descr:string -> (char -> bool) -> string t
 (** Like {!chars_if}, but accepts only non-empty strings.
     [chars1_if p] fails if the string accepted by [chars_if p] is empty.
+    [chars1_if p] is equivalent to [take1_if p >|= Slice.to_string].
     @param descr describes what kind of character was expected, in case of error *)
 
 val endline : char t