diff --git a/tests/test-rename.out b/tests/test-rename.out
--- a/tests/test-rename.out
+++ b/tests/test-rename.out
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ 1c1
 ---
 > d2/b
 3 files updated, 0 files merged, 3 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+# attempt to move one file into a non-existent directory
+abort: destination dx/ is not a directory
+0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 # attempt to move potentially more than one file into a non-existent
 # directory
 abort: with multiple sources, destination must be an existing directory