diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index 22519dd101..93b9ac08ab 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git add --refresh' '
 
 if case $(uname -s) in *MINGW*) :;; *) false;; esac then
 	say "chmod 0 does not make files unreadable - skipping tests"
+	say "cannot have backslashes in file names - skipping test"
 else
 
 test_expect_success 'git add should fail atomically upon an unreadable file' '
@@ -230,8 +231,6 @@ test_expect_success 'git add (add.ignore-errors = false)' '
 	! ( git ls-files foo1 | grep foo1 )
 '
 
-fi	# skip chmod 0 tests
-
 test_expect_success 'git add '\''fo\[ou\]bar'\'' ignores foobar' '
 	git reset --hard &&
 	touch fo\[ou\]bar foobar &&
@@ -240,4 +239,6 @@ test_expect_success 'git add '\''fo\[ou\]bar'\'' ignores foobar' '
 	! ( git ls-files foobar | grep foobar )
 '
 
+fi	# skip chmod 0 and bslash-in-filename tests
+
 test_done