diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c16e2dbde..01ca7f16f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2025-05-16  dana  <dana@dana.is>
+
+	* 53626: Test/B13whence.ztst: make `whence -s` test use `grep -c`
+	instead of `wc -l`
+
 2025-05-14  Bart Schaefer  <schaefer@zsh.org>
 
 	* unposted: Src/params.c: fix silly bug with overloading of PM_UPPER,
diff --git a/Test/B13whence.ztst b/Test/B13whence.ztst
index 5132c2c04..384dcceeb 100644
--- a/Test/B13whence.ztst
+++ b/Test/B13whence.ztst
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@
   )
 1:whence deals with symlink loops gracefully
 
- whence -s =sh(:P) | grep '.->' | wc -l
-0:(workers/53524) whence -s doesn't print arrows for symlink-free paths
+ whence -s =sh(:P) | grep -c '.->'
+1:(workers/53524) whence -s doesn't print arrows for symlink-free paths
 >0