diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 816c5573..56fec9f8 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export function textToId(text: string): string {
     .normalize('NFD')
     // remove non-ASCII
     .replace(/\P{ASCII}/gu, '')
-    // replace 's followed by a space or end-of-line with s and the space/end match.
-    .replace(/'s(\s|$)/gu, 's$1')
+    // replace '\w followed by a space or end-of-line with \w and the space/end match.
+    .replace(/'(\w)(\s|$)/gu, '$1$2')
     // split along space or punction.
     .split(/[\s\p{P}]+/u)
     // exclude any elements that are empty when trimmed to avoid trailing _ for the join.