diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58f48f12a..17d9fc751 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 0.6.2-dev0
+## 0.6.2-dev1
 
 ### Enhancements
 
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+* Fix how `exceeds_cap_ratio` handles empty (returns `True` instead of `False`)
+
 ## 0.6.1
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/test_unstructured/partition/test_text_type.py b/test_unstructured/partition/test_text_type.py
index 948c6daf2..fbb740a9e 100644
--- a/test_unstructured/partition/test_text_type.py
+++ b/test_unstructured/partition/test_text_type.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def test_text_type_handles_non_english_examples_with_env_var(monkeypatch):
         ("1.A.RISKS", True),  # Tests that "RISKS" gets flagged as an english word
         ("1. Unstructured Technologies", True),  # Make sure we're English words :-)
         ("Big/Brown/Sheet", True),
+        ("LOOK AT THIS IT IS CAPS BUT NOT A TITLE.", False),
     ],
 )
 def test_is_possible_title(text, expected, monkeypatch):
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ def test_contains_english_word(text, expected, monkeypatch):
         ("Intellectual Property in the United States", True),
         ("Intellectual property helps incentivize innovation.", False),
         ("THIS IS ALL CAPS. BUT IT IS TWO SENTENCES.", False),
-        ("LOOK AT THIS IT IS CAPS BUT NOT A TITLE.", False),
+        ("LOOK AT THIS IT IS CAPS BUT NOT A TITLE.", True),
         ("This Has All Caps. It's Weird But Two Sentences", False),
         ("The Business Report is expected within 6 hours of closing", False),
         ("", True),
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index fcec1a4df..4dd7b1de3 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.6.2-dev0"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.6.2-dev1"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py b/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
index 8922adf1b..f935e732f 100644
--- a/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
+++ b/unstructured/nlp/patterns.py
@@ -94,3 +94,7 @@ EMAIL_DATETIMETZ_PATTERN = "[a-zA-z]{3},\s[0-9]{2}\s[a-zA-Z]{3}\s[0-9]{4}\s[0-9]
 
 EMAIL_ADDRESS_PATTERN = "[a-z0-9\.\-+_]+@[a-z0-9\.\-+_]+\.[a-z]+"  # noqa: W605 NOTE(harrell)
 # - skipping qa because we need the escape for the regex
+
+
+ENDS_IN_PUNCT_PATTERN = r"[^\w\s]\Z"
+ENDS_IN_PUNCT_RE = re.compile(ENDS_IN_PUNCT_PATTERN)
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/text_type.py b/unstructured/partition/text_type.py
index 63cae6898..436af6956 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/text_type.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/text_type.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from unstructured.cleaners.core import remove_punctuation
 from unstructured.logger import logger
 from unstructured.nlp.english_words import ENGLISH_WORDS
 from unstructured.nlp.patterns import (
+    ENDS_IN_PUNCT_RE,
     UNICODE_BULLETS_RE,
     US_CITY_STATE_ZIP_RE,
     US_PHONE_NUMBERS_RE,
@@ -123,6 +124,9 @@ def is_possible_title(
         logger.debug("Not a title. Text is empty.")
         return False
 
+    if text.isupper() and ENDS_IN_PUNCT_RE.search(text) is not None:
+        return False
+
     title_max_word_length = int(
         os.environ.get("UNSTRUCTURED_TITLE_MAX_WORD_LENGTH", title_max_word_length),
     )
@@ -268,7 +272,7 @@ def exceeds_cap_ratio(text: str, threshold: float = 0.5) -> bool:
         return False
 
     if text.isupper():
-        return False
+        return True
 
     # NOTE(jay-ylee) - The word_tokenize function also recognizes and separates special characters
     # into one word, causing problems with ratio measurement.