diff --git a/command/issue_test.go b/command/issue_test.go
index ba36101d4..e67e62fb2 100644
--- a/command/issue_test.go
+++ b/command/issue_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ func TestIssueList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("error running command `issue list`: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	eq(t, output.Stderr(), `
+3 issues in OWNER/REPO
+
+`)
+
 	expectedIssues := []*regexp.Regexp{
 		regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^1\t.*won`),
 		regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^2\t.*too`),
diff --git a/command/pr_test.go b/command/pr_test.go
index 66c59d4d8..7f3555733 100644
--- a/command/pr_test.go
+++ b/command/pr_test.go
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ func TestPRList(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	eq(t, output.Stderr(), `
+3 pull requests in OWNER/REPO
+
+`)
 	eq(t, output.String(), `32	New feature	feature
 29	Fixed bad bug	hubot:bug-fix
 28	Improve documentation	docs