diff --git a/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollarfail.nim b/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollar_fault.nim
similarity index 80%
rename from tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollarfail.nim
rename to tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollar_fault.nim
index 0b9b04eb43..6288020309 100644
--- a/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollarfail.nim
+++ b/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollar_fault.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 discard """
   errmsg: "cannot open file: pkgA/module"
 """
+
+# see nims file; comment out `switch("noNimblePath")` there and there would be no error
+
 import pkgA/module as A
 import pkgB/module as B
 import pkgC/module as C
diff --git a/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollarfail.nims b/tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollar_fault.nims
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollarfail.nims
rename to tests/nimble/tnimblepathdollar_fault.nims