--- a/src/pyams_utils/text.py	Mon Jun 19 14:03:54 2017 +0200
+++ b/src/pyams_utils/text.py	Mon Jun 19 14:25:40 2017 +0200
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     """*extension:html* TALES expression
 
     If first *context* argument of the renderer is an object for which an :py:class:`IHTMLRenderer`
-    can be found, this adapter is used to render the context to HTML; if *context* is a string,
+    adapter can be found, this adapter is used to render the context to HTML; if *context* is a string,
     it is converted to HTML using the renderer defined as second parameter; otherwise, context is just
     converted to string using the :py:func:`str` function.
     """
@@ -133,7 +133,10 @@
     def render(self, context=None, renderer='text'):
         if context is None:
             context = self.context
-        adapter = self.request.registry.queryMultiAdapter((context, self.request, self.view), IHTMLRenderer)
+        registry = self.request.registry
+        adapter = registry.queryMultiAdapter((context, self.request, self.view), IHTMLRenderer)
+        if adapter is None:
+            adapter = registry.queryMultiAdapter((context, self.request), IHTMLRenderer)
         if adapter is not None:
             return adapter.render()
         elif isinstance(context, str):