diff --git a/cmd/provenanced/cmd/docgen_test.go b/cmd/provenanced/cmd/docgen_test.go
index 120c438c49..719612581b 100644
--- a/cmd/provenanced/cmd/docgen_test.go
+++ b/cmd/provenanced/cmd/docgen_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,34 @@ func TestDocGen(t *testing.T) {
 			createTarget: false,
 			err:          "mkdir %s: no such file or directory",
 		},
+		{
+			name:         "failure - bad yaml value",
+			target:       "tmp",
+			createTarget: true,
+			flags:        []string{"--yaml=xyz"},
+			err:          "invalid argument \"xyz\" for \"--yaml\" flag: strconv.ParseBool: parsing \"xyz\": invalid syntax",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "failure - bad rest value",
+			target:       "tmp",
+			createTarget: true,
+			flags:        []string{"--rest=xyz"},
+			err:          "invalid argument \"xyz\" for \"--rest\" flag: strconv.ParseBool: parsing \"xyz\": invalid syntax",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "failure - bad markdown value",
+			target:       "tmp",
+			createTarget: true,
+			flags:        []string{"--markdown=xyz"},
+			err:          "invalid argument \"xyz\" for \"--markdown\" flag: strconv.ParseBool: parsing \"xyz\": invalid syntax",
+		},
+		{
+			name:         "failure - bad manpage value",
+			target:       "tmp",
+			createTarget: true,
+			flags:        []string{"--manpage=xyz"},
+			err:          "invalid argument \"xyz\" for \"--manpage\" flag: strconv.ParseBool: parsing \"xyz\": invalid syntax",
+		},
 		{
 			name:         "success - yaml is generated",
 			target:       "tmp",