diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index bb01d5ab8f..01ccefdb19 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -110,6 +110,42 @@ test_expect_success 'email with embedded > is not okay' '
 	grep "error in commit $new" out
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'missing < email delimiter is reported nicely' '
+	git cat-file commit HEAD >basis &&
+	sed "s/<//" basis >bad-email-2 &&
+	new=$(git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin <bad-email-2) &&
+	test_when_finished "remove_object $new" &&
+	git update-ref refs/heads/bogus "$new" &&
+	test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/heads/bogus" &&
+	git fsck 2>out &&
+	cat out &&
+	grep "error in commit $new.* - bad name" out
+'
+
+test_expect_failure 'missing email is reported nicely' '
+	git cat-file commit HEAD >basis &&
+	sed "s/[a-z]* <[^>]*>//" basis >bad-email-3 &&
+	new=$(git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin <bad-email-3) &&
+	test_when_finished "remove_object $new" &&
+	git update-ref refs/heads/bogus "$new" &&
+	test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/heads/bogus" &&
+	git fsck 2>out &&
+	cat out &&
+	grep "error in commit $new.* - missing email" out
+'
+
+test_expect_failure '> in name is reported' '
+	git cat-file commit HEAD >basis &&
+	sed "s/ </> </" basis >bad-email-4 &&
+	new=$(git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin <bad-email-4) &&
+	test_when_finished "remove_object $new" &&
+	git update-ref refs/heads/bogus "$new" &&
+	test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/heads/bogus" &&
+	git fsck 2>out &&
+	cat out &&
+	grep "error in commit $new" out
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'tag pointing to nonexistent' '
 	cat >invalid-tag <<-\EOF &&
 	object ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff