diff --git a/test/throws.js b/test/throws.js
index 5fff9e87..0ace2e48 100644
--- a/test/throws.js
+++ b/test/throws.js
@@ -24,20 +24,21 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 	tt.plan(1);
 
 	var test = tape.createHarness();
+	var count = 0;
 	test.createStream().pipe(concat(function (body) {
 		tt.same(stripFullStack(body.toString('utf8')), [
 			'TAP version 13',
 			'# non functions',
-			'ok 1 should throw',
-			'ok 2 should throw',
-			'ok 3 should throw',
-			'ok 4 should throw',
-			'ok 5 should throw',
-			'ok 6 should throw',
-			'ok 7 should throw',
-			'ok 8 should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
 			'# function',
-			'not ok 9 should throw',
+			'not ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
 			'  ---',
 			'    operator: throws',
 			'    expected: undefined',
@@ -50,13 +51,13 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 			'          [... stack stripped ...]',
 			'  ...',
 			'# custom error messages',
-			'ok 10 "message" is enumerable',
-			"ok 11 { custom: 'error', message: 'message' }",
-			'ok 12 getter is still the same',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' "message" is enumerable',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' { custom: \'error\', message: \'message\' }',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' getter is still the same',
 			'# throws null',
-			'ok 13 throws null',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' throws null',
 			'# wrong type of error',
-			'not ok 14 throws actual',
+			'not ok ' + ++count + ' throws actual',
 			'  ---',
 			'    operator: throws',
 			'    expected: |-',
@@ -70,34 +71,34 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 			'          [... stack stripped ...]',
 			'  ...',
 			'# object',
-			'ok 15 object properties are validated',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' object properties are validated',
 			'# object with regexes',
-			'ok 16 object with regex values is validated',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' object with regex values is validated',
 			'# similar error object',
-			'ok 17 throwing a similar error',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' throwing a similar error',
 			'# validate with regex',
-			'ok 18 regex against toString of error',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' regex against toString of error',
 			'# custom error validation',
-			'ok 19 error is SyntaxError',
-			'ok 20 error matches /value/',
-			'ok 21 unexpected error',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' error is SyntaxError',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' error matches /value/',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' unexpected error',
 			'# throwing primitives',
-			'ok 22 primitive: null',
-			'ok 23 primitive: undefined',
-			'ok 24 primitive: 0',
-			'ok 25 primitive: NaN',
-			'ok 26 primitive: 42',
-			'ok 27 primitive: Infinity',
-			'ok 28 primitive: \'\'',
-			'ok 29 primitive: \'foo\'',
-			'ok 30 primitive: true',
-			'ok 31 primitive: false',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: null, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: undefined, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: 0, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: NaN, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: 42, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: Infinity, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: \'\', no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: \'foo\', no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: true, no expected',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' primitive: false, no expected',
 			'# ambiguous arguments',
-			'ok 32 Second',
-			'ok 33 Second',
-			'ok 34 Second',
-			'ok 35 should throw',
-			'not ok 36 should throw',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' Second',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' Second',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' Second',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
+			'not ok ' + ++count + ' should throw',
 			'  ---',
 			'    operator: throws',
 			'    expected: |-',
@@ -113,10 +114,10 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 			'          [... stack stripped ...]',
 			'  ...',
 			'# non-extensible throw match',
-			'ok 37 error is non-extensible',
-			'ok 38 non-extensible error matches',
-			'ok 39 errorWithMessage is non-extensible',
-			'not ok 40 non-extensible error with message matches',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' error is non-extensible',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' non-extensible error matches',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' errorWithMessage is non-extensible',
+			'not ok ' + ++count + ' non-extensible error with message matches',
 			'  ---',
 			'    operator: throws',
 			'    expected: |-',
@@ -126,14 +127,14 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 			'    at: Test.<anonymous> ($TEST/throws.js:$LINE:$COL)',
 			'  ...',
 			'# frozen `message` property',
-			'ok 41 error is non-writable',
-			'ok 42 error is non-configurable',
-			'ok 43 non-writable error matches',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' error is non-writable',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' error is non-configurable',
+			'ok ' + ++count + ' non-writable error matches',
 			'',
-			'1..43',
-			'# tests 43',
+			'1..' + count,
+			'# tests ' + count,
 			'# pass  39',
-			'# fail  4',
+			'# fail  ' + (count - 39),
 			''
 		]);
 	}));
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ tap.test('failures', function (tt) {
 
 	test('throwing primitives', function (t) {
 		[null, undefined, 0, NaN, 42, Infinity, '', 'foo', true, false].forEach(function (primitive) {
-			t.throws(function () { throw primitive; }, 'primitive: ' + inspect(primitive));
+			t.throws(function () { throw primitive; }, 'primitive: ' + inspect(primitive) + ', no expected');
 		});
 
 		t.end();