diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.right
index afb90be9c..d281e358c 100644
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.right
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.right
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 ./shift.tests abc d e
-./shift.tests d e
+./shift.tests d e 123
+./shift.tests d e 123
+./shift.tests
+./shift.tests
+./shift.tests
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.tests
index 17f2c9f36..53ef249f2 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/shift.tests
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 if test $# = 0; then
-    exec "$THIS_SH" $0 abc "d e"
+    exec "$THIS_SH" $0 abc "d e" 123
 fi
 echo $0 $1 $2
 shift
 echo $0 $1 $2
+shift 999
+echo $0 $1 $2
+shift 2
+echo $0 $1 $2
+shift 2
+echo $0 $1 $2
+shift
+echo $0 $1 $2
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.right
index fbf3c9f82..08a270c31 100644
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.right
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.right
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+shown
 hush: syntax error: unterminated '
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.tests
index c990c6475..d10ed42e9 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-misc/syntax_err.tests
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+echo shown
 echo test `echo 'aa`
+echo not shown