diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsAddTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsAddTest.java
index 212f9789d..b3ce1abc6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsAddTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsAddTest.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public void testLANG571(){
             //expected
         }
         try {
-            @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+            @SuppressWarnings({ "unused", "deprecation" })
             final
             String[] sa = ArrayUtils.add(stringArray, 0, aString);
             fail("Should have caused IllegalArgumentException");
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ public void testAddObjectArrayToObjectArray() {
 
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @Test
     public void testAddObjectAtIndex() {
         Object[] newArray;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
index 0990b1783..3f70d4397 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/ArrayUtilsTest.java
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // deliberate use of deprecated code
 public class ArrayUtilsTest  {
 
+    
+    static <T> T[] arrayOfTwo(T a, T b) {
+        return ArrayUtils.toArray(a, b);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testBadVarArgs() throws Exception {
+        @SuppressWarnings("unused") // Need to assign to trigger exception
+        String[] result = arrayOfTwo("foo", "bar");
+    }
+    
+    
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     @Test
     public void testConstructor() {