diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_StringIO b/Lib/test/output/test_StringIO
index 505023a7bc4..ce983c03d1b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_StringIO
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_StringIO
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ abcdefghij
 klmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
 
 2
+'abcdefghij'
 abcdefghij
 klmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
 
 2
+'abcdefghij'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
index 6e321e930f7..2d9f2c1ded8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_StringIO.py
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ def do_test(module):
     print f.readline()
     print len(f.readlines(60))
 
+    f = module.StringIO()
+    f.write(s)
+    f.seek(10)
+    f.truncate()
+    print `f.getvalue()`
+    # This test fails for cStringIO; reported as SourceForge bug #115531;
+    # please uncomment this test when that bug is fixed.
+    # http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=115531&group_id=5470
+##     f.seek(0)
+##     f.truncate(5)
+##     print `f.getvalue()`
+
+    # This test fails for cStringIO; reported as SourceForge bug #115530;
+    # please uncomment this test when that bug is fixed.
+    # http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=115530&group_id=5470
+##     try:
+##         f.write("frobnitz")
+##     except ValueError, e:
+##         print "Caught expected ValueError writing to closed StringIO:"
+##         print e
+##     else:
+##         print "Failed to catch ValueError writing to closed StringIO."
+
 # Don't bother testing cStringIO without
 import StringIO, cStringIO
 do_test(StringIO)