diff --git a/tests/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.html b/tests/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.html
index 7fcf7fab24..939bfe1d8f 100644
--- a/tests/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.html
+++ b/tests/Format/WMSDescribeLayer.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript">
     
     function test_read_WMSDescribeLayer(t) {
-        t.plan(5);
+        t.plan(10);
        
         var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.WMSDescribeLayer();
 
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@
 
         t.eq(res.layerDescriptions[0].layerName, "topp:states",
             "Properly parses name");
+        
+        //TODO remove the 5 tests below when we deprecate the old structure
+        t.eq(res.length, 1,
+            "Only one LayerDescription in data, so only one parsed");
+        t.eq(res[0].owsType, "WFS",
+            "Properly parses owsType as WFS");
+        t.eq(res[0].owsURL, "http://geo.openplans.org:80/geoserver/wfs/WfsDispatcher?",
+            "Properly parses owsURL");
+        t.eq(res[0].typeName, "topp:states",
+            "Properly parses typeName");
+        t.eq(res[0].layerName, "topp:states",
+            "Properly parses name");
 
     }