diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/ComposeTest.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/ComposeTest.scala
index 55c3df6bc4..d848901f2c 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/ComposeTest.scala
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/ComposeTest.scala
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ class ComposeTest extends CatsSuite {
 
   val functionAlgebra = functionCompose.algebra[Int]
   checkAll("Compose[Function1].algebra[Int]", GroupLaws[Endo[Int]].semigroup(functionAlgebra))
+
+  test("syntax") {
+    (((_: Int) + 1) <<< ((_: Int) / 2))(2) should be(2)
+    (((_: Int) + 1) >>> ((_: Int) / 2))(5) should be(3)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/SplitTest.scala b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/SplitTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cc5af0d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/test/scala/cats/tests/SplitTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package cats
+package tests
+
+class SplitTest extends CatsSuite {
+  test("syntax") {
+    val f = (((_: Int) + 1) split ((_: Int) / 2))
+    f((1, 2)) should be((2, 1))
+  }
+}