diff --git a/tests/journal/parse-errors.test b/tests/journal/parse-errors.test
index ad814f2d6..32093fff8 100644
--- a/tests/journal/parse-errors.test
+++ b/tests/journal/parse-errors.test
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 $ hledger -f - print
 >2
 hledger: -:1:5:
+  |
+1 | 2018
+  |     ^
 unexpected newline
 expecting date separator or the rest of year or month