diff --git a/tests/dirrem01.at b/tests/dirrem01.at
index 40344dc0..dabc206f 100644
--- a/tests/dirrem01.at
+++ b/tests/dirrem01.at
@@ -47,14 +47,15 @@ gnu)   CPT=3;;
 esac
 
 genfile --run --checkpoint=$CPT --unlink dir/sub/file2 --unlink dir/sub -- \
-       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' \
-       --checkpoint-action='echo' -c -f archive.tar \
+       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='echo' \
+       --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' -c -f archive.tar \
        --listed-incremental db -v dir >/dev/null
 ],
 [1],
 [ignore],
 [tar: dir: Directory is new
 tar: dir/sub: Directory is new
+tar: dir/sub: file changed as we read it
 tar: dir/sub: File removed before we read it
 ],[],[],[gnu,posix])
 
diff --git a/tests/dirrem02.at b/tests/dirrem02.at
index e1cf9ef8..924454f1 100644
--- a/tests/dirrem02.at
+++ b/tests/dirrem02.at
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # Description:
 #
-# When an explicitley named directory disappears during creation
+# When an explicitly named directory disappears during creation
 # of incremental dump, tar should still exit with TAREXIT_FAILURE (2).
 #
 # For further details see dirrem01.at
@@ -44,14 +44,15 @@ gnu)   CPT=3;;
 esac
 
 genfile --run --checkpoint=$CPT --unlink dir/sub/file2 --unlink dir/sub -- \
-       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' \
-       --checkpoint-action='echo' -c -f archive.tar \
+       tar --blocking-factor=1 --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action='echo' \
+       --checkpoint-action='sleep=1' -c -f archive.tar \
        --listed-incremental db -v dir dir/sub >/dev/null
 ],
 [2],
 [ignore],
 [tar: dir: Directory is new
 tar: dir/sub: Directory is new
+tar: dir/sub: file changed as we read it
 tar: dir/sub: Cannot open: No such file or directory
 tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
 ],[],[],[gnu,posix])