diff --git a/tests/read.out b/tests/read.out
index d486f4af9..f29e2e1b9 100644
--- a/tests/read.out
+++ b/tests/read.out
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ two
 1 'hello'
 1 'h' 1 'ello'
 1 'h' 1 'e' 1 'llo'
-1 ''
-1 't' 1 ''
-1 't' 1 '' 1 ''
+0
+1 't' 0
+1 't' 0 0
 1 ' ' 1 't'
 
 2 'hello' 'there'