diff --git a/tests/parse-ledger-sample.test b/tests/parse-ledger-sample.test
index ef10795ab..e0888e05e 100644
--- a/tests/parse-ledger-sample.test
+++ b/tests/parse-ledger-sample.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; can we parse this sample journal from c++ ledger source
+# can we parse this sample journal from c++ ledger source
 bin/hledger -f- stats
 <<<
 ; -*- ledger -*-