diff --git a/tests/search/significance/app_one_significance/models/docv1.json b/tests/search/significance/app_one_significance/models/docv1.json
index 6ec2490d4..58cbae7b6 100644
--- a/tests/search/significance/app_one_significance/models/docv1.json
+++ b/tests/search/significance/app_one_significance/models/docv1.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       "description" : "english model",
       "document-count" : 12,
       "document-frequencies" : {
+        "the" : 11,
         "usa" : 2,
         "hello": 3,
         "world": 5,
diff --git a/tests/search/significance/docs.json b/tests/search/significance/docs.json
index 3900c918c..2865fac4a 100644
--- a/tests/search/significance/docs.json
+++ b/tests/search/significance/docs.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 [
-  { "put": "id:test:doc::1", "fields": { "text": "Hello world" } },
+  { "put": "id:test:doc::1", "fields": { "text": "Hello the world" } },
   { "put": "id:test:doc::2", "fields": { "text": "Hei verden" } }
 ]
diff --git a/tests/search/significance/significance.rb b/tests/search/significance/significance.rb
index 4f8aa86ec..66c0dbab5 100644
--- a/tests/search/significance/significance.rb
+++ b/tests/search/significance/significance.rb
@@ -107,6 +107,28 @@ def test_significance_searcher_with_multiple_models
 
   def verify_default_significance_for_simple_query
     result = search({'yql' => 'select * from sources * where text contains "hello"', 'format' => 'json'}).json
+    puts "hello => #{result}"
+    significance_value = result["root"]["children"][0]["fields"]["summaryfeatures"]["term(0).significance"]
+    # "hello" { frequency: 3, count: 12 }
+    exp_significance = calculate_legacy_significance(3, 12)
+    assert_approx(exp_significance, significance_value)
+
+    result = search({'yql' => 'select * from sources * where text contains "world"', 'format' => 'json'}).json
+    puts "world => #{result}"
+    significance_value = result["root"]["children"][0]["fields"]["summaryfeatures"]["term(0).significance"]
+    # "world" { frequency: 5, count: 12 }
+    exp_significance = calculate_legacy_significance(5, 12)
+    assert_approx(exp_significance, significance_value)
+
+    result = search({'yql' => 'select * from sources * where text contains "the"', 'format' => 'json'}).json
+    puts "the => #{result}"
+    significance_value = result["root"]["children"][0]["fields"]["summaryfeatures"]["term(0).significance"]
+    # "the" { frequency: 11, count: 12 }
+    exp_significance = calculate_legacy_significance(11, 12)
+    assert_approx(exp_significance, significance_value)
+
+    result = search({'yql' => 'select * from sources * where text contains alternatives({"hello":1.0,"world":1.0})', 'format' => 'json'}).json
+    puts "hello world => #{result}"
     significance_value = result["root"]["children"][0]["fields"]["summaryfeatures"]["term(0).significance"]
     # "hello" { frequency: 3, count: 12 }
     exp_significance = calculate_legacy_significance(3, 12)