diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.right b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.right
index 9688d2e..07ca6e0 100644
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.right
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.right
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 Fail:1
 hush: a=A: readonly variable
 Fail:1
-hush: a=A: readonly variable
+hush: a=Z: readonly variable
 Fail:1
-Visible:0
+hush: a=Z: readonly variable
+b=B
+^^^a is not exported
 hush: a: readonly variable
 Fail:1
diff --git a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.tests b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.tests
index 3845f76..3ace9b7 100755
--- a/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.tests
+++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/readonly0.tests
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+unset a b
+
 readonly a=A
 b=B
 readonly b
-# readonly on already readonly var is harmless
+# readonly on already readonly var is harmless:
 readonly b a
 readonly | grep '^readonly [ab]='
-# this should work
+# this should work:
 export a b
 export -n a b
 echo Ok:$?
@@ -12,13 +14,23 @@
 
 # these should all fail (despite the same value being assigned)
 # bash does not abort even in non-interactive more (in script)
-true
-a=A
+true; a=A
+echo Fail:$?
+true; readonly a=A
+echo Fail:$?
+
+# in bash, assignment in export fails, but export succeeds! :)
+# we don't mimic that!
+true; export a=Z
 echo Fail:$?; true
-readonly a=A
-echo Fail:$?; true
-export a=A
-echo Fail:$?; true
-a=A echo Visible:$? # command still runs
+#env | grep '^a='
+#echo "^^^a is exported"
+export -n a  # undo that bashism, if it happens
+
+export b
+# this fails to both set and export a:
+a=Z env | grep '^[ab]='  # command still runs
+echo "^^^a is not exported"
+
 unset a
 echo Fail:$?; true