diff --git a/test/src/unit-regression2.cpp b/test/src/unit-regression2.cpp
index dd2edb4ff3..9b46f54ab6 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-regression2.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-regression2.cpp
@@ -715,7 +715,6 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
     {
         std::string p = "/root";
 
-        // matching types
         json test1;
         test1[json::json_pointer(p)] = json::object();
         CHECK(test1.dump() == "{\"root\":{}}");
@@ -724,10 +723,11 @@ TEST_CASE("regression tests 2")
         test2[ordered_json::json_pointer(p)] = json::object();
         CHECK(test2.dump() == "{\"root\":{}}");
 
-        // mixed type - the JSON Pointer is implicitly converted into a string "/root"
+        // json::json_pointer and ordered_json::json_pointer are the same type; behave as above
         ordered_json test3;
         test3[json::json_pointer(p)] = json::object();
-        CHECK(test3.dump() == "{\"/root\":{}}");
+        CHECK(std::is_same<json::json_pointer::string_t, ordered_json::json_pointer::string_t>::value);
+        CHECK(test3.dump() == "{\"root\":{}}");
     }
 
     SECTION("issue #2982 - to_{binary format} does not provide a mechanism for specifying a custom allocator for the returned type")