2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
index dffa79f10e..3bb581f430 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/read_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ describe "IO.read" do
     IO.read(@fname, {}).should == @contents
   end
 
+  it "accepts a length, and empty options Hash" do
+    IO.read(@fname, 3, {}).should == @contents[0, 3]
+  end
+
   it "accepts a length, offset, and empty options Hash" do
     IO.read(@fname, 3, 0, {}).should == @contents[0, 3]
   end
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/write.rb b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/write.rb
index bca96da81c..140eeb04ab 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/write.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/io/shared/write.rb
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ describe :io_write, shared: true do
       @r.read.should == "foo"
     end
 
-    it "raises Errno::EPIPE if the read end is closed" do
+    it "raises Errno::EPIPE if the read end is closed and does not die from SIGPIPE" do
       @r.close
-      -> { @w.send(@method, "foo") }.should raise_error(Errno::EPIPE, "Broken pipe")
+      -> { @w.send(@method, "foo") }.should raise_error(Errno::EPIPE, /Broken pipe/)
     end
   end
 end