diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationLoaderTest.java
index 2bfe1c64c..6dfe7cf5f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/ConfigurationLoaderTest.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class ConfigurationLoaderTest {
             assertTrue(
                 ex.getMessage().endsWith(
                     "Document root element \"property\", must match DOCTYPE "
-                        + "root \"module\".:7:38"));
+                        + "root \"module\".:8:38"));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/configs/missing_config_parent.xml b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/configs/missing_config_parent.xml
index 4ab4de312..07768c62b 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/configs/missing_config_parent.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/configs/missing_config_parent.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.1//EN"
     "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_1.dtd">
 
+<!--suppress XmlWrongRootElement - wrong element used for test purposes -->
 <property name="tabWidth" value="4"/>