diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml
index 434f5f6a2..9d14ee837 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/_typos.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [files]
-extend-exclude = ["file.ignore"]
+extend-exclude = ["file.ignore", "ignore"]
 
 [default.extend-identifiers]
 hello = "goodbye"
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/ignore/file b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/ignore/file
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0136250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/ignore/file
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/parent/ignore/file b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/parent/ignore/file
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0136250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.in/parent/ignore/file
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
diff --git a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
index 863fe82ef..405c75dbd 100644
--- a/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
+++ b/crates/typos-cli/tests/cmd/force-exclude.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 bin.name = "typos"
-args = "file.ignore --force-exclude"
+args = "file.ignore ignore/file parent/ignore/file --force-exclude"
 stdin = ""
-stdout = ""
+stdout = """
+error: `hello` should be `goodbye`
+  --> ignore/file:1:1
+  |
+1 | hello
+  | ^^^^^
+  |
+error: `hello` should be `goodbye`
+  --> parent/ignore/file:1:1
+  |
+1 | hello
+  | ^^^^^
+  |
+"""
 stderr = ""
-status.code = 0
+status.code = 2