diff --git a/IPython/testing/tests/test_decorators.py b/IPython/testing/tests/test_decorators.py
index dc1ff41..801ac28 100644
--- a/IPython/testing/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/IPython/testing/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import nose.tools as nt
 
 # Our own
 from IPython.testing import decorators as dec
+from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Utilities
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ def test_deliberately_broken2():
 
 # Verify that we can correctly skip the doctest for a function at will, but
 # that the docstring itself is NOT destroyed by the decorator.
+@skip_doctest
 def doctest_bad(x,y=1,**k):
     """A function whose doctest we need to skip.
 
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ class FooClass(object):
     2
     """
 
+    @skip_doctest
     def __init__(self,x):
         """Make a FooClass.
 
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ class FooClass(object):
         print('Making a FooClass.')
         self.x = x
         
+    @skip_doctest
     def bar(self,y):
         """Example: