diff --git a/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java b/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
index 6aafa4ddb0b..3b8ff080c23 100644
--- a/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
+++ b/qa/sql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/qa/sql/jdbc/SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase.java
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ public abstract class SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase extends JdbcIntegrationTestCas
                             testName = Strings.capitalize(line);
                             testNames.put(testName, Integer.valueOf(lineNumber));
                         }
-                    }
-                    else {
+                    } else {
                         Object result = parser.parse(line);
                         // only if the parser is ready, add the object - otherwise keep on serving it lines
                         if (result != null) {
@@ -156,10 +155,12 @@ public abstract class SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase extends JdbcIntegrationTestCas
                             testName = null;
                         }
                     }
-                    // NOCOMMIT be more careful on the last line
                 }
                 lineNumber++;
             }
+            if (testName != null) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("Read a test without a body at the end of [" + fileName + "].");
+            }
         }
         assertNull("Cannot find spec for test " + testName, testName);
 
@@ -174,4 +175,4 @@ public abstract class SpecBaseIntegrationTestCase extends JdbcIntegrationTestCas
     public static InputStream readFromJarUrl(URL source) throws IOException {
         return source.openStream();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}