diff --git a/docs/packaging/brew/httpie.rb b/docs/packaging/brew/httpie.rb
index a2a15d93..573e4b2d 100644
--- a/docs/packaging/brew/httpie.rb
+++ b/docs/packaging/brew/httpie.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class Httpie < Formula
   end
 
   test do
+    # shell_output() already checks the status code
+    shell_output("#{bin}/httpie -v")
+
     raw_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/HEAD/Formula/httpie.rb"
     assert_match "PYTHONPATH", shell_output("#{bin}/http --ignore-stdin #{raw_url}")
   end