diff --git a/crates/toml_edit/src/key.rs b/crates/toml_edit/src/key.rs
index 203445a7..b7038c36 100644
--- a/crates/toml_edit/src/key.rs
+++ b/crates/toml_edit/src/key.rs
@@ -128,11 +128,17 @@ impl Key {
     }
 
     fn try_parse_simple(s: &str) -> Result<Key, crate::TomlError> {
-        parser::parse_key(s)
+        let mut key = parser::parse_key(s)?;
+        key.despan(s);
+        Ok(key)
     }
 
     fn try_parse_path(s: &str) -> Result<Vec<Key>, crate::TomlError> {
-        parser::parse_key_path(s)
+        let mut keys = parser::parse_key_path(s)?;
+        for key in &mut keys {
+            key.despan(s);
+        }
+        Ok(keys)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/toml_edit/tests/testsuite/parse.rs b/crates/toml_edit/tests/testsuite/parse.rs
index c9f6411e..f1c3c27c 100644
--- a/crates/toml_edit/tests/testsuite/parse.rs
+++ b/crates/toml_edit/tests/testsuite/parse.rs
@@ -1486,5 +1486,5 @@ fn despan_keys() {
         toml_edit::Item::Value(Value::Integer(toml_edit::Formatted::new(2))),
     );
 
-    assert_eq!(doc.to_string(), "aaaaaa = 1\naaa = 2\n");
+    assert_eq!(doc.to_string(), "aaaaaa = 1\nbbb = 2\n");
 }