diff --git a/tests/data/test1139 b/tests/data/test1139
index 72761c6708..b5267b012d 100644
--- a/tests/data/test1139
+++ b/tests/data/test1139
@@ -15,13 +15,19 @@ documentation
 none
 </server>
 
- <name>
+<name>
 Verify that all libcurl options have man pages
- </name>
+</name>
 
 <command type="perl">
 %SRCDIR/manpage-scan.pl %SRCDIR/.. %PWD/..
 </command>
 </client>
 
+<verify>
+<stderr>
+0
+</stderr>
+</verify>
+
 </testcase>
diff --git a/tests/manpage-scan.pl b/tests/manpage-scan.pl
index 10d2d15a16..41dfdec9c3 100755
--- a/tests/manpage-scan.pl
+++ b/tests/manpage-scan.pl
@@ -288,4 +288,4 @@ foreach my $o (keys %opts) {
     }
 }
 
-exit $errors;
+print STDERR "$errors\n";