diff --git a/tests/test-journal-exists.out b/tests/test-journal-exists.out
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/tests/test-journal-exists.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-adding a
-abort: abandoned transaction found - run hg recover!
-rolling back interrupted transaction
-checking changesets
-checking manifests
-crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
-checking files
-1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
-% check that zero-size journals are correctly aborted
-adding changesets
-abort: Permission denied
diff --git a/tests/test-journal-exists b/tests/test-journal-exists.t
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
rename from tests/test-journal-exists
rename to tests/test-journal-exists.t
--- a/tests/test-journal-exists
+++ b/tests/test-journal-exists.t
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+  $ hg init
+  $ echo a > a
+  $ hg ci -Am0
+  adding a
 
-hg init
-echo a > a
-hg ci -Am0
-hg -q clone . foo
+  $ hg -q clone . foo
+
+  $ touch .hg/store/journal
 
-touch .hg/store/journal
+  $ echo foo > a
+  $ hg ci -Am0
+  abort: abandoned transaction found - run hg recover!
 
-echo foo > a
-hg ci -Am0
+  $ hg recover
+  rolling back interrupted transaction
+  checking changesets
+  checking manifests
+  crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
+  checking files
+  1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 
-hg recover
+Check that zero-size journals are correctly aborted:
 
-echo % check that zero-size journals are correctly aborted
-hg bundle -qa repo.hg
-chmod -w foo/.hg/store/00changelog.i
-hg -R foo unbundle repo.hg 2>&1 | sed 's/\(abort: Permission denied\).*/\1/'
-if test -f foo/.hg/store/journal; then echo 'journal exists :-('; fi
-exit 0
+  $ hg bundle -qa repo.hg
+  $ chmod -w foo/.hg/store/00changelog.i
+
+  $ hg -R foo unbundle repo.hg
+  adding changesets
+  abort: Permission denied: .*
+
+  $ if test -f foo/.hg/store/journal; then echo 'journal exists :-('; fi
+
+  $ exit 0
+