diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 541ad94..d60d5cc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ GNU gzip NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   This better supports invocations like 'zgrep -f <(COMMAND) B C' in Bash.
   [bug introduced in gzip-1.2]

+
 * Noteworthy changes in release 1.6 (2013-06-09) [stable]

 ** New features
diff --git a/tests/zgrep-f b/tests/zgrep-f
index 9a86550..1ce8cc2 100755
--- a/tests/zgrep-f
+++ b/tests/zgrep-f
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@

 . "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ..

-echo needle > n || framework_failure_
-echo needle > haystack || framework_failure_
+printf 'needle\nn2\n' > n || framework_failure_
+cp n haystack || framework_failure_
 gzip haystack || framework_failure_

 fail=0