diff --git a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tsortoutput.nim b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tsortoutput.nim
index 0c165d21b..7a2845029 100644
--- a/testament/tests/shouldfail/tsortoutput.nim
+++ b/testament/tests/shouldfail/tsortoutput.nim
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ discard """
   sortoutput: true
   targets: "c"
   output: '''
-  2
-  1
-  '''
+2
+1
+'''
 """
 
 # this test should ensure that the output is actually sorted