diff --git a/helix-core/src/lib.rs b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
index 9ac506a63..d99bb66d1 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ pub use state::State;
 
 pub use line_ending::{
     auto_detect_line_ending, get_line_ending, rope_slice_to_line_ending, LineEnding,
-    DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING,
+    DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING, line_end
 };
 pub use transaction::{Assoc, Change, ChangeSet, Operation, Transaction};
diff --git a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
index 33f8d0783..f6118493d 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/line_ending.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ pub fn get_line_ending(line: &RopeSlice) -> Option<LineEnding> {
     str_to_line_ending(g2).or_else(|| str_to_line_ending(g1))
 }
 
+pub fn line_end(slice: &RopeSlice, line: usize) -> usize {
+    slice.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(get_line_ending(&slice.line(line))
+        .map(|le| le.len_chars())
+        .unwrap_or(0))
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub const DEFAULT_LINE_ENDING: LineEnding = LineEnding::Crlf;
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
diff --git a/helix-core/src/movement.rs b/helix-core/src/movement.rs
index cf7ea8548..a3cd9b96f 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/movement.rs
+++ b/helix-core/src/movement.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use ropey::iter::Chars;
 use crate::{
     coords_at_pos,
     graphemes::{nth_next_grapheme_boundary, nth_prev_grapheme_boundary},
-    pos_at_coords, Position, Range, RopeSlice, get_line_ending
+    pos_at_coords, Position, Range, RopeSlice, get_line_ending, line_end
 };
 
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ pub fn move_horizontally(
         }
         Direction::Forward => {
             // Line end is pos at the start of next line - 1
-            let end = slice.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(get_line_ending(&slice.line(line))
-                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
-                .unwrap_or(0));
+            let end = line_end(&slice, line);
             nth_next_grapheme_boundary(slice, pos, count).min(end)
         }
     };
diff --git a/helix-term/src/commands.rs b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
index cee0e752f..8124c17af 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/commands.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use helix_core::{
     comment, coords_at_pos, find_first_non_whitespace_char, find_root, get_line_ending, graphemes,
-    indent, match_brackets,
+    indent, line_end, match_brackets,
     movement::{self, Direction},
     object, pos_at_coords,
     regex::{self, Regex},
@@ -342,11 +342,7 @@ fn move_line_end(cx: &mut Context) {
         let text = doc.text();
         let line = text.char_to_line(range.head);
 
-        let pos = text.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(
-            get_line_ending(&text.line(line))
-                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
-                .unwrap_or(0),
-        );
+        let pos = line_end(&text.slice(..), line);
 
         Range::new(pos, pos)
     });
@@ -767,11 +763,7 @@ fn extend_line_end(cx: &mut Context) {
         let text = doc.text();
         let line = text.char_to_line(range.head);
 
-        let pos = text.line_to_char(line + 1).saturating_sub(
-            get_line_ending(&text.line(line))
-                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
-                .unwrap_or(0),
-        );
+        let pos = line_end(&text.slice(..), line);
 
         Range::new(range.anchor, pos)
     });
@@ -1650,12 +1642,7 @@ fn append_to_line(cx: &mut Context) {
     let selection = doc.selection(view.id).transform(|range| {
         let text = doc.text();
         let line = text.char_to_line(range.head);
-        // we can't use line_to_char(line + 1) - 2 because the last line might not contain a newline
-        let pos = (text.line_to_char(line) + text.line(line).len_chars()).saturating_sub(
-            get_line_ending(&text.line(line))
-                .map(|le| le.len_chars())
-                .unwrap_or(0),
-        );
+        let pos = line_end(&text.slice(..), line);
         Range::new(pos, pos)
     });
     doc.set_selection(view.id, selection);