diff --git a/spyder/plugins/completion/kite/providers/document.py b/spyder/plugins/completion/kite/providers/document.py
index bbb4d7cfd6e..aef90e76f2e 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/completion/kite/providers/document.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/completion/kite/providers/document.py
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ def request_document_completions(self, params):
 
     @handles(LSPRequestTypes.DOCUMENT_COMPLETION)
     def convert_completion_request(self, response):
+        # The response schema is tested via mocking in
+        # spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/test_introspection.py
+
         logger.debug(response)
         if response is None:
             return {'params': []}
diff --git a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/codeeditor.py b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/codeeditor.py
index 149a85dd657..7953e21ac81 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/codeeditor.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/codeeditor.py
@@ -1071,7 +1071,8 @@ def process_completion(self, params):
             completions = params['params']
             completions = ([] if completions is None else
                            [completion for completion in completions
-                            if completion['insertText']])
+                            if completion.get('insertText')
+                            or completion.get('textEdit', {}).get('newText')])
 
             replace_end = self.textCursor().position()
             under_cursor = self.get_current_word_and_position(completion=True)
diff --git a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/conftest.py b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/conftest.py
index 980b9f76ccf..217e38c041e 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/conftest.py
@@ -126,6 +126,40 @@ def teardown():
     return completions
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_completions_codeeditor(qtbot_module, request):
+    """CodeEditor instance with ability to mock the completions response.
+
+    Returns a tuple of (editor, mock_response). Tests using this fixture should
+    set `mock_response.side_effect = lambda lang, method, params: {}`.
+    """
+    # Create a CodeEditor instance
+    editor = codeeditor_factory()
+    qtbot_module.addWidget(editor)
+    editor.show()
+
+    mock_response = Mock()
+
+    def perform_request(lang, method, params):
+        resp = mock_response(lang, method, params)
+        print("DEBUG {}".format(resp))
+        if resp is not None:
+            editor.handle_response(method, resp)
+    editor.sig_perform_completion_request.connect(perform_request)
+
+    editor.filename = 'test.py'
+    editor.language = 'Python'
+    editor.completions_available = True
+    qtbot_module.wait(2000)
+
+    def teardown():
+        editor.hide()
+        editor.completion_widget.hide()
+    request.addfinalizer(teardown)
+
+    return editor, mock_response
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def lsp_codeeditor(lsp_plugin, qtbot_module, request):
     """CodeEditor instance with LSP services activated."""
diff --git a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/test_introspection.py b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/test_introspection.py
index e1aeb0da49f..349c8fe9aa2 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/test_introspection.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/editor/widgets/tests/test_introspection.py
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     rtree_available = False
 
 # Local imports
+from spyder.plugins.completion.languageserver import (
+    LSPRequestTypes, CompletionItemKind)
+from spyder.plugins.completion.kite.providers.document import KITE_COMPLETION
 from spyder.py3compat import PY2
 from spyder.config.manager import CONF
 
@@ -764,6 +767,55 @@ def test_fallback_completions(fallback_codeeditor, qtbot):
     code_editor.toggle_code_snippets(True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.first
+@flaky(max_runs=5)
+def test_kite_textEdit_completions(mock_completions_codeeditor, qtbot):
+    """Test textEdit completions such as those returned by the Kite provider.
+
+    This mocks out the completions response, and does not test the Kite
+    provider directly.
+    """
+    code_editor, mock_response = mock_completions_codeeditor
+    completion = code_editor.completion_widget
+
+    code_editor.toggle_automatic_completions(False)
+    code_editor.toggle_code_snippets(False)
+
+    # Set cursor to start
+    code_editor.go_to_line(1)
+
+    qtbot.keyClicks(code_editor, 'my_dict.')
+
+    # Complete my_dict. -> my_dict["dict-key"]
+    mock_response.side_effect = lambda lang, method, params: {'params': [{
+        'kind': CompletionItemKind.TEXT,
+        'label': '["dict-key"]',
+        'textEdit': {
+            'newText': '["dict-key"]',
+            'range': {
+                'start': 7,
+                'end': 8,
+            },
+        },
+        'filterText': '',
+        'sortText': '',
+        'documentation': '',
+        'provider': KITE_COMPLETION,
+    }]} if method == LSPRequestTypes.DOCUMENT_COMPLETION else None
+    with qtbot.waitSignal(completion.sig_show_completions,
+                          timeout=10000) as sig:
+        qtbot.keyPress(code_editor, Qt.Key_Tab, delay=300)
+    mock_response.side_effect = None
+
+    assert '["dict-key"]' in [x['label'] for x in sig.args[0]]
+    qtbot.keyPress(code_editor, Qt.Key_Enter, delay=300)
+    assert code_editor.toPlainText() == 'my_dict["dict-key"]\n'
+
+    code_editor.toggle_automatic_completions(True)
+    code_editor.toggle_code_snippets(True)
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pytest.main(['test_introspection.py', '--run-slow'])