diff --git a/ts/docx/document/index.ts b/ts/docx/document/index.ts
index de8f3f0053..555ebf55bf 100644
--- a/ts/docx/document/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/document/index.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,10 @@ export class Document extends XmlComponent {
     public addParagraph(paragraph: Paragraph): void {
         this.body.push(paragraph);
     }
+
+    public createParagraph(text?: string): Paragraph {
+        const para = new Paragraph(text);
+        this.addParagraph(para);
+        return para;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/ts/tests/docx/document/documentTest.ts b/ts/tests/docx/document/documentTest.ts
index 43b352a1a7..98b9a9cf97 100644
--- a/ts/tests/docx/document/documentTest.ts
+++ b/ts/tests/docx/document/documentTest.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { assert } from "chai";
+import { assert, expect } from "chai";
 import * as docx from "../../../docx";
+import { Formatter } from "../../../export/formatter";
 
 describe("Document", () => {
     let document: docx.Document;
@@ -22,4 +23,27 @@ describe("Document", () => {
             assert.isTrue(true);
         });
     });
+
+    describe("#createParagraph", () => {
+        it("should create a new paragraph and append it to body", () => {
+            const para = document.createParagraph();
+            expect(para).to.be.an.instanceof(docx.Paragraph);
+            const body = new Formatter().format(document)["w:document"][1]["w:body"];
+            expect(body).to.be.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(body[0]).to.have.property("w:p");
+        });
+
+        it("should use the text given to create a run in the paragraph", () => {
+            const para = document.createParagraph("sample paragraph text");
+            expect(para).to.be.an.instanceof(docx.Paragraph);
+            const body = new Formatter().format(document)["w:document"][1]["w:body"];
+            expect(body).to.be.an("array").which.has.length.at.least(1);
+            expect(body[0]).to.have.property("w:p").which.includes({
+                "w:r": [
+                    {"w:rPr": []},
+                    {"w:t": ["sample paragraph text"]},
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });