diff --git a/spec/var-op-bash.test.sh b/spec/var-op-bash.test.sh
index 0eddb6a97..62cee0ef6 100644
--- a/spec/var-op-bash.test.sh
+++ b/spec/var-op-bash.test.sh
@@ -460,12 +460,10 @@ A
 ## END
 
 
-#### Array expansion with nullary var ops
-
+#### Array expansion with nullary var op @Q
 declare -a a=({1..9})
 declare -A A=(['a']=hello ['b']=world ['c']=osh ['d']=ysh)
 
-echo "@Q"
 argv.py "${a[@]@Q}"
 argv.py "${a[*]@Q}"
 argv.py "${A[@]@Q}"
@@ -473,7 +471,29 @@ argv.py "${A[*]@Q}"
 argv.py "${u[@]@Q}"
 argv.py "${u[*]@Q}"
 
-echo "@P"
+## STDOUT:
+['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
+['1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9']
+['hello', 'world', 'osh', 'ysh']
+['hello world osh ysh']
+[]
+['']
+## END
+
+## OK bash STDOUT:
+["'1'", "'2'", "'3'", "'4'", "'5'", "'6'", "'7'", "'8'", "'9'"]
+["'1' '2' '3' '4' '5' '6' '7' '8' '9'"]
+["'ysh'", "'osh'", "'world'", "'hello'"]
+["'ysh' 'osh' 'world' 'hello'"]
+[]
+['']
+## END
+
+
+#### Array expansion with nullary var op @P
+declare -a a=({1..9})
+declare -A A=(['a']=hello ['b']=world ['c']=osh ['d']=ysh)
+
 argv.py "${a[@]@P}"
 argv.py "${a[*]@P}"
 argv.py "${A[@]@P}"
@@ -481,54 +501,37 @@ argv.py "${A[*]@P}"
 argv.py "${u[@]@P}"
 argv.py "${u[*]@P}"
 
-echo "@a"
-argv.py "${a[@]@a}"
-argv.py "${a[*]@a}"
-argv.py "${A[@]@a}"
-argv.py "${A[*]@a}"
-argv.py "${u[@]@a}"
-argv.py "${u[*]@a}"
-
 ## STDOUT:
-@Q
-['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
-['1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9']
-['hello', 'world', 'osh', 'ysh']
-['hello world osh ysh']
-[]
-['']
-@P
 ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
 ['1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9']
 ['hello', 'world', 'osh', 'ysh']
 ['hello world osh ysh']
 []
 ['']
-@a
-['a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a']
-['a a a a a a a a a']
-['A', 'A', 'A', 'A']
-['A A A A']
-[]
-['']
 ## END
 
 ## OK bash STDOUT:
-@Q
-["'1'", "'2'", "'3'", "'4'", "'5'", "'6'", "'7'", "'8'", "'9'"]
-["'1' '2' '3' '4' '5' '6' '7' '8' '9'"]
-["'ysh'", "'osh'", "'world'", "'hello'"]
-["'ysh' 'osh' 'world' 'hello'"]
-[]
-['']
-@P
 ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9']
 ['1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9']
 ['ysh', 'osh', 'world', 'hello']
 ['ysh osh world hello']
 []
 ['']
-@a
+## END
+
+
+#### Array expansion with nullary var op @a
+declare -a a=({1..9})
+declare -A A=(['a']=hello ['b']=world ['c']=osh ['d']=ysh)
+
+argv.py "${a[@]@a}"
+argv.py "${a[*]@a}"
+argv.py "${A[@]@a}"
+argv.py "${A[*]@a}"
+argv.py "${u[@]@a}"
+argv.py "${u[*]@a}"
+
+## STDOUT:
 ['a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a', 'a']
 ['a a a a a a a a a']
 ['A', 'A', 'A', 'A']