diff --git a/core/vocabs/parser/parser-tests.factor b/core/vocabs/parser/parser-tests.factor
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+IN: vocabs.parser.tests
+USING: vocabs.parser tools.test eval kernel accessors ;
+
+[ "FROM: kernel => doesnotexist ;" eval( -- ) ]
+[ error>> T{ no-word-in-vocab { word "doesnotexist" } { vocab "kernel" } } = ]
+must-fail-with
+
+[ "RENAME: doesnotexist kernel => newname" eval( -- ) ]
+[ error>> T{ no-word-in-vocab { word "doesnotexist" } { vocab "kernel" } } = ]
+must-fail-with
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