diff --git a/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberConversionTests.cs b/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberConversionTests.cs
index bb69740..e0ef1da 100644
--- a/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberConversionTests.cs
+++ b/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberConversionTests.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ public void FromDecimalIsExact()
 		AssertFromInAllModes(0.0000000000000000000000000001m, "0.0000000000000000000000000001");
 	}
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void FromDecimalWithOnlyZerosAfterThePoint()
+	{
+		// Trimming the zeros of "10.0" leaves "10." with an empty fraction, which is valid text for
+		// ten, not a malformed rendering. This runs in Debug, where a failed assert ends the process.
+		Assert.AreEqual(P("10"), 10.0m.ToPreciseNumber());
+		Assert.AreEqual(P("100"), 100.00m.ToPreciseNumber());
+		Assert.AreEqual(P("-20"), (-20.0m).ToPreciseNumber());
+		AssertFromInAllModes(10.0m, "10");
+		AssertFromInAllModes(-1200.000m, "-1200");
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void FromBinaryFloatingPointUsesDecimalText()
 	{
diff --git a/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs b/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
index fc17624..7dd2164 100644
--- a/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
+++ b/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
@@ -667,8 +667,6 @@ private static PreciseNumber ParseRenderedFloat(ReadOnlySpan<char> text)
 		ReadOnlySpan<char> fractionalComponent = decimalIndex < 0 ? "0".AsSpan() : text[(decimalIndex + 1)..];
 		exponentValue -= fractionalComponent.Length;
 
-		Debug.Assert(fractionalComponent.Length != 0 || integerComponent.TrimStart("-").Length == 1, $"Unexpected format: {text}");
-
 		int digitLength = integerComponent.Length + fractionalComponent.Length;
 		char[]? rentedDigits = digitLength > MaxStackAllocChars ? ArrayPool<char>.Shared.Rent(digitLength) : null;
 		Span<char> stackDigits = stackalloc char[MaxStackAllocChars];