--- src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java	(revision 955183)
+++ src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFParagraph.java	(working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ 
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STLineSpacingRule;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STOnOff;
 import org.openxmlformats.schemas.wordprocessingml.x2006.main.STTextAlignment;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 import org.w3c.dom.Text;
 
@@ -133,7 +134,13 @@ 
           while (c.toNextSelection()) {
               XmlObject o = c.getObject();
               if (o instanceof CTText) {
-                  text.append(((CTText) o).getStringValue());
+            	  String tagName = o.getDomNode().getNodeName();
+            	  // field codes (w:instrText, defined in spec sec. 17.16.23)
+            	  // come up as instances of CTText, but they only 
+            	  // pollute the output
+            	  if (!tagName.equals("w:instrText")) {
+        			  text.append(((CTText) o).getStringValue());
+            	 }
               }
               if (o instanceof CTPTab) {
                   text.append("\t");
--- src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java	(revision 955183)
+++ src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/extractor/TestXWPFWordExtractor.java	(working copy)
@@ -237,4 +237,17 @@ 
        // Now check the first paragraph in total
        assertTrue(extractor.getText().contains("a\tb\n"));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * The output should not contain field codes, e.g. those specified in the
+     * w:instrText tag (spec sec. 17.16.23)
+     */
+    public void testNoFieldCodes() {
+        XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("FieldCodes.docx");
+        XWPFWordExtractor extractor = new XWPFWordExtractor(doc);
+        String text = extractor.getText();
+        assertTrue(text.length() > 0);
+        assertFalse(text.contains("AUTHOR"));
+        assertFalse(text.contains("CREATEDATE"));
+    }
 }