diff --git a/data/fixtures/recorded/headTail/changeTail3.yml b/data/fixtures/recorded/headTail/changeTail3.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae6e6412a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/fixtures/recorded/headTail/changeTail3.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+languageId: python
+command:
+  version: 7
+  spokenForm: change tail
+  action:
+    name: clearAndSetSelection
+    target:
+      type: primitive
+      modifiers:
+        - {type: extendThroughEndOf}
+  usePrePhraseSnapshot: true
+initialState:
+  documentContents: |-
+    """foo
+    bar
+    """
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 3}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 3}
+  marks: {}
+finalState:
+  documentContents: |-
+    """
+    bar
+    """
+  selections:
+    - anchor: {line: 0, character: 3}
+      active: {line: 0, character: 3}
diff --git a/packages/common/src/types/command/PartialTargetDescriptor.types.ts b/packages/common/src/types/command/PartialTargetDescriptor.types.ts
index 507068286a..a382bc9dc2 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/types/command/PartialTargetDescriptor.types.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/types/command/PartialTargetDescriptor.types.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ export interface SurroundingPairScopeType {
 export interface SurroundingPairInteriorScopeType {
   type: "surroundingPairInterior";
   delimiter: SurroundingPairName;
+  // If true don't yield multiline pairs
+  requireSingleLine?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface OneOfScopeType {
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/HeadTailStage.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/HeadTailStage.ts
index 91981e977c..71af22afa9 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/HeadTailStage.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/HeadTailStage.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export class HeadTailStage implements ModifierStage {
             {
               type: "surroundingPairInterior",
               delimiter: "any",
+              requireSingleLine: true,
             },
           ],
         },
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/SurroundingPairScopeHandler/SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/SurroundingPairScopeHandler/SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler.ts
index 850979e86c..f6be0ac0df 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/SurroundingPairScopeHandler/SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/processTargets/modifiers/scopeHandlers/SurroundingPairScopeHandler/SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { TargetScope } from "../scope.types";
 import type { ScopeIteratorRequirements } from "../scopeHandler.types";
 import { type ScopeHandler } from "../scopeHandler.types";
 import type { ScopeHandlerFactory } from "../ScopeHandlerFactory";
-import { map } from "itertools";
 
 export class SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler extends BaseScopeHandler {
   protected isHierarchical = true;
@@ -32,20 +31,25 @@ export class SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler extends BaseScopeHandler {
     return this.surroundingPairScopeHandler.iterationScopeType;
   }
 
-  generateScopeCandidates(
+  *generateScopeCandidates(
     editor: TextEditor,
     position: Position,
     direction: Direction,
     hints: ScopeIteratorRequirements,
   ): Iterable<TargetScope> {
-    return map(
-      this.surroundingPairScopeHandler.generateScopes(
-        editor,
-        position,
-        direction,
-        hints,
-      ),
-      (scope) => ({
+    const scopes = this.surroundingPairScopeHandler.generateScopes(
+      editor,
+      position,
+      direction,
+      hints,
+    );
+
+    for (const scope of scopes) {
+      if (this.scopeType.requireSingleLine && !scope.domain.isSingleLine) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      yield {
         editor,
         domain: scope.domain,
         getTargets(isReversed) {
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ export class SurroundingPairInteriorScopeHandler extends BaseScopeHandler {
             .getTargets(isReversed)
             .flatMap((target) => target.getInterior()!);
         },
-      }),
-    );
+      };
+    }
   }
 }