diff --git a/usr.bin/stat/tests/readlink_test.sh b/usr.bin/stat/tests/readlink_test.sh
index d0107e0d655e..8eff21fa7a16 100755
--- a/usr.bin/stat/tests/readlink_test.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/stat/tests/readlink_test.sh
@@ -1,72 +1,75 @@
 #
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 atf_test_case basic
 basic_head()
 {
 	atf_set	"descr" "Verify that calling readlink without any flags " \
 			"prints out the symlink target for a file"
 }
 basic_body()
 {
 	atf_check ln -s foo bar
-	atf_check -o inline:'foo\n' readlink bar
+	atf_check -o inline:"foo\n" readlink bar
 }
 
 atf_test_case f_flag
 f_flag_head()
 {
 	atf_set	"descr" "Verify that calling readlink with -f will not emit " \
 			"an error message/exit with a non-zero code"
 }
 f_flag_body()
 {
+	cd "$(realpath "$PWD")"
 	atf_check touch A.file
 	atf_check ln -s nonexistent A.link
 	atf_check -o inline:"nonexistent\n" \
 	    -s exit:1 readlink A.file A.link
 	atf_check -o inline:"$(realpath A.file)\n$PWD/nonexistent\n" \
 	    -s exit:1 readlink -f A.file A.link
 }
 
 atf_test_case n_flag
 n_flag_head()
 {
+	atf_set "descr" "Verify that calling readlink with -n will not emit " \
+			"a newline character."
 }
 n_flag_body()
 {
 	atf_check ln -s nonexistent.A A
 	atf_check ln -s nonexistent.B B
-	atf_check -o 'inline:nonexistent.A\nnonexistent.B\n' readlink A B
-	atf_check -o 'inline:nonexistent.Anonexistent.B' readlink -n A B
+	atf_check -o inline:"nonexistent.A\nnonexistent.B\n" readlink A B
+	atf_check -o inline:"nonexistent.Anonexistent.B" readlink -n A B
 }
 
 atf_init_test_cases()
 {
 	atf_add_test_case basic
 	atf_add_test_case f_flag
 	atf_add_test_case n_flag
 }