diff --git a/tests/ref/enum-syntax-number-length.png b/tests/ref/enum-syntax-number-length.png
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diff --git a/tests/suite/model/enum.typ b/tests/suite/model/enum.typ
index 57a4d7a68..ed33157e8 100644
--- a/tests/suite/model/enum.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/model/enum.typ
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ Empty \
 +Nope \
 a + 0.
 
+--- enum-syntax-number-length ---
+// Ensure that indentation works from the beginning of a number, not the end.
+
+10. a
+   11. b
+ 12. c // same level as b
+  13. d // indented past c
+14. e
+
 --- enum-number-override ---
 // Test item number overriding.
 1. first
diff --git a/tests/suite/model/list.typ b/tests/suite/model/list.typ
index c3c123de1..aa117672c 100644
--- a/tests/suite/model/list.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/model/list.typ
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ _Shopping list_
 - D
 
 --- list-indent-trivia-nesting ---
-// Test indent nesting behavior with odd trivia (comments and spaces).
+// Test indent nesting behavior with odd trivia (comments and spaces). The
+// comments should _not_ affect the nesting. Only the final column matters.
 
 #let indented = [
 - a
@@ -48,9 +49,6 @@ _Shopping list_
 /**/       - f
 /**/  - g
 ]
-// Current behavior is that list columns are based on the first non-whitespace
-// element in their line, so the block comments here determine the column the
-// list starts at
 
 #let item = list.item
 #let manual = {