diff --git a/fixtures/TEST_FRAGMENT_ERR_CODE.md b/fixtures/TEST_FRAGMENT_ERR_CODE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49ad545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/TEST_FRAGMENT_ERR_CODE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Requesting a 404 page from Wikipedia.
+
+It's common for user to accept 429, but let's test with 404 since triggering 429 may annoy the server.
+
+- [404 Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Should404#ignore-fragment)
diff --git a/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs b/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
index 7bf9f73..9e32d24 100644
--- a/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/lychee-bin/tests/cli.rs
@@ -1920,6 +1920,27 @@ mod cli {
             .stdout(contains("12 Errors"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_fragments_when_accept_error_status_codes() {
+        let mut cmd = main_command();
+        let input = fixtures_path().join("TEST_FRAGMENT_ERR_CODE.md");
+
+        // it's common for user to accept 429, but let's test with 404 since
+        // triggering 429 may annoy the server
+        cmd.arg("--verbose")
+            .arg("--accept=200,404")
+            .arg("--include-fragments")
+            .arg(input)
+            .assert()
+            .success()
+            .stderr(contains(
+                "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Should404#ignore-fragment",
+            ))
+            .stdout(contains("0 Errors"))
+            .stdout(contains("1 OK"))
+            .stdout(contains("1 Total"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_fallback_extensions() {
         let mut cmd = main_command();
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs b/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
index ef1a2a5..2b32e62 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/checker/website.rs
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ impl WebsiteChecker {
         match self.reqwest_client.execute(request).await {
             Ok(response) => {
                 let status = Status::new(&response, &self.accepted);
+                // when `accept=200,429`, `status_code=429` will be treated as success
+                // but we are not able the check the fragment since it's inapplicable.
                 if self.include_fragments
-                    && status.is_success()
+                    && response.status().is_success()
                     && method == Method::GET
                     && response.url().fragment().is_some_and(|x| !x.is_empty())
                 {
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/extract/markdown.rs b/lychee-lib/src/extract/markdown.rs
index 41f0c72..41d6b51 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/extract/markdown.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/extract/markdown.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pub(crate) fn extract_markdown(input: &str, include_verbatim: bool) -> Vec<RawUr
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// Extract fragments/anchors/fragments from a Markdown string.
+/// Extract fragments/anchors from a Markdown string.
 ///
 /// Fragments are generated from headings using the same unique kebab case method as GitHub.
 /// If a [heading attribute](https://github.com/raphlinus/pulldown-cmark/blob/master/specs/heading_attrs.txt)