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diff --git a/tests/misc/close-stdout b/tests/misc/close-stdout
index 4bdbbcb1dbf3847817687094b4a3020747a0b048..c70b7fc5426b4c0e2e0c497df8af196a22a2c6b5 100755 (executable)
--- a/tests/misc/close-stdout
+++ b/tests/misc/close-stdout
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ export PATH
 
 fail=0
 
-# Ensure these exit successfully, even though stdout is closed.
+# Ensure these exit successfully, even though stdout is closed,
+# because they generate no output.
 touch a
 cp a b >&- || fail=1
 test -f b || fail=1
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ sleep 0 >&- || fail=1
 $pwd/../../src/true >&- || fail=1
 $pwd/../../src/printf '' >&- || fail=1
 
-# Ensure these fail, because stdout is closed.
+# Ensure these fail, because stdout is closed and they *do*
+# generate output.
 $pwd/../../src/printf 'foo' >&- 2>/dev/null && fail=1
 cp --verbose a b >&- 2>/dev/null && fail=1