diff --git a/mk/tests.mk b/mk/tests.mk
index 0b8f0f80dea..20736165b73 100644
--- a/mk/tests.mk
+++ b/mk/tests.mk
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ TEST_GROUPS = \
 	debuginfo-lldb \
 	codegen \
 	codegen-units \
-    incremental \
+	incremental \
 	doc \
 	$(foreach docname,$(DOC_NAMES),doc-$(docname)) \
 	pretty \
diff --git a/src/compiletest/runtest.rs b/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
index 802b967ed7d..994f45da146 100644
--- a/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
@@ -1972,9 +1972,10 @@ fn run_codegen_units_test(config: &Config, props: &TestProps, testpaths: &TestPa
 fn run_incremental_test(config: &Config, props: &TestProps, testpaths: &TestPaths) {
     // Basic plan for a test incremental/foo/bar.rs:
     // - load list of revisions pass1, fail2, pass3
-    //   - each should begin with `pass` or `fail`
-    //   - if `pass`, expect compile to succeed
-    //   - if `fail`, expect errors from file
+    //   - each should begin with `rpass`, `rfail`, or `cfail`
+    //   - if `rpass`, expect compile and execution to succeed
+    //   - if `cfail`, expect compilation to fail
+    //   - if `rfail`, expect execution to fail
     // - create a directory build/foo/bar.incremental
     // - compile foo/bar.rs with -Z incremental=.../foo/bar.incremental and -C pass1
     //   - because name of revision starts with "pass", expect success