diff --git a/avy.el b/avy.el
index 8f76e29..90411df 100644
--- a/avy.el
+++ b/avy.el
@@ -1540,13 +1540,15 @@ BEG and END narrow the scope where candidates are searched."
                   (when (or (null predicate)
                             (and predicate (funcall predicate)))
                     (unless (not (avy--visible-p (point)))
-                      (push (cons (point) (selected-window)) window-cands)))
+                      (push (cons (cons (point) (1+ (point)))
+                                  (selected-window)) window-cands)))
                   (subword-backward))
                 (and (= (point) ws)
                      (or (null predicate)
                          (and predicate (funcall predicate)))
                      (not (get-char-property (point) 'invisible))
-                     (push (cons (point) (selected-window)) window-cands)))
+                     (push (cons (cons (point) (1+ (point)))
+                                 (selected-window)) window-cands)))
               (setq candidates (nconc candidates window-cands))))))
       (avy-process candidates))))