diff --git a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
index 76d1f914d..26e6700cd 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/reader/modules/readerbookmark.lua
@@ -350,7 +350,12 @@ function ReaderBookmark:onShowBookmark()
                         end,
                     },
                 }
-            }
+            },
+            -- Request a full-screen refresh on close, to clear potential flash_ui highlights
+            close_callback = function()
+                -- TextViewer does a "partial" on CloseWidget
+                UIManager:setDirty(nil, "partial")
+            end,
         }
         UIManager:show(self.textviewer)
         return true
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/textviewer.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/textviewer.lua
index 0e6febb9d..729deec5e 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/textviewer.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/textviewer.lua
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ local TextViewer = InputContainer:new{
     text_padding = Size.padding.large,
     text_margin = Size.margin.small,
     button_padding = Size.padding.default,
+
+    -- Optional callback called on CloseWidget, set by the widget which showed us (e.g., to request a full-screen refresh)
+    close_callback = nil,
 }
 
 function TextViewer:init()
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ function TextViewer:onCloseWidget()
     UIManager:setDirty(nil, function()
         return "partial", self.frame.dimen
     end)
+    if self.close_callback then
+        self.close_callback()
+    end
     return true
 end