diff --git a/cmd/carapace/cmd/invoke_test.go b/cmd/carapace/cmd/invoke_test.go
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+++ b/cmd/carapace/cmd/invoke_test.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/sandbox"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/style"
+)
+
+func TestShorthandChain(t *testing.T) {
+	sandbox.Package(t, "github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/cmd/carapace")(func(s *sandbox.Sandbox) {
+		s.Run("tail", "export", "tail", "--fo").
+			Expect(carapace.ActionStyledValuesDescribed(
+				"--follow", "output appended data as the file grows", style.Yellow,
+			).Tag("flags").
+				NoSpace('.').
+				Usage("carapace [flags] [COMPLETER] [bash|elvish|fish|nushell|oil|powershell|tcsh|xonsh|zsh]"))
+	})
+}