diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/createContinuousRangeTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/createContinuousRangeTarget.ts
index be1c6d914e..993a4b0b8e 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/createContinuousRangeTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/createContinuousRangeTarget.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { Target } from "../typings/target.types";
-import { createContinuousRange } from "./targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
-import { PlainTarget, UntypedTarget } from "./targets";
+import { isSameType } from "../util/typeUtils";
+import {
+  createContinuousLineRange,
+  createContinuousRange,
+} from "./targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
+import { LineTarget, UntypedTarget } from "./targets";
 
 export function createContinuousRangeTarget(
   isReversed: boolean,
@@ -9,28 +13,27 @@ export function createContinuousRangeTarget(
   includeStart: boolean,
   includeEnd: boolean,
 ): Target {
-  const richTarget = startTarget.maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
-    isReversed,
-    endTarget,
-    includeStart,
-    includeEnd,
-  );
+  if (includeStart && includeEnd && isSameType(startTarget, endTarget)) {
+    const richTarget = startTarget.maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
+      isReversed,
+      endTarget,
+    );
 
-  if (richTarget != null) {
-    return richTarget;
+    if (richTarget != null) {
+      return richTarget;
+    }
   }
 
-  if (!includeStart || !includeEnd) {
-    return new PlainTarget({
+  if (startTarget.isLine && endTarget.isLine) {
+    return new LineTarget({
       editor: startTarget.editor,
-      contentRange: createContinuousRange(
+      isReversed,
+      contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(
         startTarget,
         endTarget,
         includeStart,
         includeEnd,
       ),
-      isReversed,
-      isToken: false,
     });
   }
 
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ export function createContinuousRangeTarget(
       includeStart,
       includeEnd,
     ),
-    isToken: startTarget.isToken && endTarget.isToken,
+    isToken:
+      includeStart && includeEnd && startTarget.isToken && endTarget.isToken,
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/BaseTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/BaseTarget.ts
index 23c87c9ce2..20307fbbfe 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/BaseTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/BaseTarget.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ import {
 import { isEqual } from "lodash";
 import type { EditWithRangeUpdater } from "../../typings/Types";
 import type { Destination, Target } from "../../typings/target.types";
-import { isSameType } from "../../util/typeUtils";
-import { createContinuousRange } from "../targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
 import { DestinationImpl } from "./DestinationImpl";
+import { createContinuousRange } from "../targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
 
 /** Parameters supported by all target classes */
 export interface MinimumTargetParameters {
@@ -127,22 +126,9 @@ export abstract class BaseTarget<
   protected abstract getCloneParameters(): EnforceUndefined<TParameters>;
 
   maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
-    isReversed: boolean,
-    endTarget: Target,
-    includeStart: boolean,
-    includeEnd: boolean,
-  ): Target | undefined {
-    if (!includeStart || !includeEnd || !isSameType(this, endTarget)) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-
-    return this.createRichRangeTarget(isReversed, endTarget);
-  }
-
-  protected createRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
     endTarget: ThisType<this> & Target,
-  ): ThisType<this> & Target {
+  ): (ThisType<this> & Target) | null {
     const { constructor } = Object.getPrototypeOf(this);
 
     return new constructor({
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/InteriorTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/InteriorTarget.ts
index 97c88535a4..f220a81276 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/InteriorTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/InteriorTarget.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class InteriorTarget extends BaseTarget<InteriorTargetParameters> {
     };
   }
 
-  createRichRangeTarget(
+  maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
     endTarget: InteriorTarget,
   ): InteriorTarget {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/LineTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/LineTarget.ts
index 7907f54ad8..862868dfa6 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/LineTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/LineTarget.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Position, Range, TextEditor } from "@cursorless/common";
 import { BaseTarget, CommonTargetParameters } from ".";
-import { Target } from "../../typings/target.types";
 import { expandToFullLine } from "../../util/rangeUtils";
 import { tryConstructPlainTarget } from "../../util/tryConstructTarget";
 import { createContinuousLineRange } from "../targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
@@ -44,24 +43,13 @@ export class LineTarget extends BaseTarget<CommonTargetParameters> {
 
   maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
-    endTarget: Target,
-    includeStart: boolean,
-    includeEnd: boolean,
-  ): Target | undefined {
-    if (endTarget.isLine) {
-      return new LineTarget({
-        editor: this.editor,
-        isReversed,
-        contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(
-          this,
-          endTarget,
-          includeStart,
-          includeEnd,
-        ),
-      });
-    }
-
-    return undefined;
+    endTarget: LineTarget,
+  ): LineTarget {
+    return new LineTarget({
+      editor: this.editor,
+      isReversed,
+      contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(this, endTarget, true, true),
+    });
   }
 
   protected getCloneParameters() {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ParagraphTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ParagraphTarget.ts
index b2392bd496..d6cd18f25b 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ParagraphTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ParagraphTarget.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@ import {
   TextLine,
 } from "@cursorless/common";
 import { BaseTarget, CommonTargetParameters, LineTarget } from ".";
-import { Target } from "../../typings/target.types";
 import { expandToFullLine } from "../../util/rangeUtils";
 import { constructLineTarget } from "../../util/tryConstructTarget";
-import { isSameType } from "../../util/typeUtils";
 import { createContinuousLineRange } from "../targetUtil/createContinuousRange";
 
 export class ParagraphTarget extends BaseTarget<CommonTargetParameters> {
@@ -75,37 +73,13 @@ export class ParagraphTarget extends BaseTarget<CommonTargetParameters> {
 
   maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
-    endTarget: Target,
-    includeStart: boolean,
-    includeEnd: boolean,
-  ): Target | undefined {
-    if (isSameType(this, endTarget)) {
-      return new ParagraphTarget({
-        ...this.getCloneParameters(),
-        isReversed,
-        contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(
-          this,
-          endTarget,
-          includeStart,
-          includeEnd,
-        ),
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (endTarget.isLine) {
-      return new LineTarget({
-        editor: this.editor,
-        isReversed,
-        contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(
-          this,
-          endTarget,
-          includeStart,
-          includeEnd,
-        ),
-      });
-    }
-
-    return undefined;
+    endTarget: ParagraphTarget,
+  ): ParagraphTarget {
+    return new ParagraphTarget({
+      ...this.getCloneParameters(),
+      isReversed,
+      contentRange: createContinuousLineRange(this, endTarget, true, true),
+    });
   }
 
   protected getCloneParameters() {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ScopeTypeTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ScopeTypeTarget.ts
index 50cf6e316e..1a724e2377 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ScopeTypeTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/ScopeTypeTarget.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   PlainTarget,
 } from ".";
 import { Target } from "../../typings/target.types";
-import { isSameType } from "../../util/typeUtils";
 import {
   createContinuousRange,
   createContinuousRangeFromRanges,
@@ -101,17 +100,10 @@ export class ScopeTypeTarget extends BaseTarget<ScopeTypeTargetParameters> {
 
   maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
-    endTarget: Target,
-    includeStart: boolean,
-    includeEnd: boolean,
-  ): Target | undefined {
-    if (
-      !includeStart ||
-      !includeEnd ||
-      !isSameType(this, endTarget) ||
-      this.scopeTypeType_ !== endTarget.scopeTypeType_
-    ) {
-      return undefined;
+    endTarget: ScopeTypeTarget,
+  ): ScopeTypeTarget | null {
+    if (this.scopeTypeType_ !== endTarget.scopeTypeType_) {
+      return null;
     }
 
     const contentRemovalRange =
@@ -119,8 +111,8 @@ export class ScopeTypeTarget extends BaseTarget<ScopeTypeTargetParameters> {
         ? createContinuousRangeFromRanges(
             this.removalRange_ ?? this.contentRange,
             endTarget.removalRange_ ?? endTarget.contentRange,
-            includeStart,
-            includeEnd,
+            true,
+            true,
           )
         : undefined;
 
@@ -130,12 +122,7 @@ export class ScopeTypeTarget extends BaseTarget<ScopeTypeTargetParameters> {
       leadingDelimiterRange: this.leadingDelimiterRange_,
       trailingDelimiterRange: endTarget.trailingDelimiterRange_,
       removalRange: contentRemovalRange,
-      contentRange: createContinuousRange(
-        this,
-        endTarget,
-        includeStart,
-        includeEnd,
-      ),
+      contentRange: createContinuousRange(this, endTarget, true, true),
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/SubTokenWordTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/SubTokenWordTarget.ts
index 224b4d3628..9659edc11a 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/SubTokenWordTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/SubTokenWordTarget.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class SubTokenWordTarget extends BaseTarget<SubTokenTargetParameters> {
     return getDelimitedSequenceRemovalRange(this);
   }
 
-  createRichRangeTarget(
+  maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
     endTarget: SubTokenWordTarget,
   ): SubTokenWordTarget {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/UntypedTarget.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/UntypedTarget.ts
index 187609e027..547e6bdf29 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/UntypedTarget.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/targets/UntypedTarget.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ export class UntypedTarget extends BaseTarget<UntypedTargetParameters> {
       : getTokenRemovalRange(this);
   }
 
-  maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(): undefined {
-    return undefined;
+  maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(): null {
+    return null;
   }
 
   protected getCloneParameters() {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/typings/target.types.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/typings/target.types.ts
index 5eaaa0ed78..7f4042cb36 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/typings/target.types.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/typings/target.types.ts
@@ -152,24 +152,33 @@ export interface Target {
   getRemovalHighlightRange(): Range;
   withThatTarget(thatTarget: Target): Target;
   withContentRange(contentRange: Range): Target;
+
   /**
-   * Attempt to create a range target that preserves some of the semantics of
-   * this target. Most targets will return `undefined` for targets not of the
-   * same type, and for targets of the same type, inherit some of the args from
-   * the two targets. Trailing delimiter should come from end target, leading
-   * from start target, etc.
+   * Targets use this function to determine what happens when a range target is
+   * created from two targets of the same type. This function is called by
+   * {@link createContinuousRangeTarget} to create the range target if both
+   * sides of the range are included and are of the same type.
+   *
+   * The newly created range target can inherit some of the args from the two
+   * targets. Trailing delimiter should come from end target, leading from start
+   * target, etc.
    *
-   * Note that you likely don't want to call this function directly; it is
-   * designed to be used by {@link createContinuousRangeTarget}.
-   * @param isReversed
-   * @param endTarget
+   * If for whatever reason it doesn't make sense to create a rich range target
+   * from the two targets, this function should return null. For example,
+   * {@link ScopeTypeTarget} returns null if the two targets have different
+   * scope types, and {@link UntypedTarget} returns null because it never makes
+   * sense to create a rich range target from two untyped targets.
+   *
+   * @param isReversed Indicates whether the range is reversed.
+   * @param endTarget The end target of the range.
+   * @returns The new target of the same type as the two targets, corresponding
+   * to an inclusive range between the two targets.
    */
   maybeCreateRichRangeTarget(
     isReversed: boolean,
-    endTarget: Target,
-    includeStart: boolean,
-    includeEnd: boolean,
-  ): Target | undefined;
+    endTarget: ThisType<this> & Target,
+  ): (ThisType<this> & Target) | null;
+
   /** Constructs removal edit */
   constructRemovalEdit(): EditWithRangeUpdater;
   isEqual(target: Target): boolean;