diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-parsing/comment2.right b/shell/ash_test/ash-parsing/comment2.right
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index 0000000..ee6e49a
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+++ b/shell/ash_test/ash-parsing/comment2.right
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Ok1
+Ok2
+Ok5
+Ok6
diff --git a/shell/ash_test/ash-parsing/comment2.tests b/shell/ash_test/ash-parsing/comment2.tests
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+echo "`echo Ok1 #comment is ignored`"
+echo `echo Ok2 #comment is ignored`
+#
+# Surprisingly, bash does not handle comments in $()
+# the same way as in ``. "#" causes the rest of the line, _including_ )",
+# to be ignored. These lines would cause an error:
+#echo "$(echo Ok3 #comment is ignored)"
+#echo $(echo Ok4 #comment is ignored)
+#
+echo "$(echo Ok5 #comment is ignored
+)"
+echo $(echo Ok6 #comment is ignored
+)