diff --git a/cli/cli_test.go b/cli/cli_test.go
index 7cad4d4..a926107 100644
--- a/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -563,13 +563,24 @@ func TestRunSelectsATableRow(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestUsageReferencesResolve(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, token := range regexp.MustCompile(`\{/[^}]+\}`).FindAllString(usage, -1) {
-		code, out, errb := runOut(token, "--seed", "1")
-		if code != 0 || strings.TrimSpace(out) == "" {
-			t.Errorf("usage advertises %s: run = %d, %q, stderr %q", token, code, out, errb)
+func TestUsageExamplesRenderWithNoData(t *testing.T) {
+	examples := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^  echo '([^']*)' \| COMMAND$`).FindAllStringSubmatch(usage+"\n  "+pipeHint("COMMAND")+"\n", -1)
+	if len(examples) < 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("usage and pipe hint hold %d echo examples, want the help's two and the hint's", len(examples))
+	}
+	for _, e := range examples {
+		if code, out, errb := runOut(e[1], "--no-shipped-data"); code != 0 || strings.TrimSpace(out) == "" {
+			t.Errorf("echo %q with no data: run = %d, %q, stderr %q", e[1], code, out, errb)
 		}
 	}
+	for _, token := range regexp.MustCompile(`\{/[^}]*\}`).FindAllString(usage, -1) {
+		if token != "{/path}" && token != "{/table[KEY]}" {
+			t.Errorf("usage names %s, a path a custom CLI may not carry", token)
+		}
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(usage, "\nExit codes: 0 success, 1 runtime error, 2 misuse.\n") {
+		t.Errorf("usage does not list the exit codes")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestRunOperandMisuseBeforeLoad(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/datafiles/datafiles_test.go b/internal/datafiles/datafiles_test.go
index 4f3db25..a11cff2 100644
--- a/internal/datafiles/datafiles_test.go
+++ b/internal/datafiles/datafiles_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestWalkLabelsWhatACategoryFileGetsWrong(t *testing.T) {
 		want    string
 	}{
 		{"its compile", fstest.MapFS{"a.json": {Data: []byte(`"x"`)}}, errors.New("bad"), "lbl/a.json: bad"},
-		{"its JSON", fstest.MapFS{"a.json": {Data: []byte(`{`)}}, nil, "lbl/a.json: unexpected end of JSON input"},
+		{"its JSON", fstest.MapFS{"a.json": {Data: []byte(`{`)}}, nil, "lbl/a.json: line 1, column 1: unexpected end of JSON input"},
 		{"its name", fstest.MapFS{"a.b.json": {Data: []byte(`"x"`)}}, nil, "lbl/a.b.json: category "},
 		{"its folder's name", fstest.MapFS{"a.b/c.json": {Data: []byte(`"x"`)}}, nil, "lbl/a.b: folder "},
 	} {
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ func TestWalkRefusesADiskPathThatIsNoDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	for _, c := range []struct{ path, want string }{
 		{"", "a data path is empty"},
-		{filepath.Join(dir, "none"), "data path " + filepath.Join(dir, "none") + ": "},
+		{filepath.Join(dir, "none"), "data path " + filepath.Join(dir, "none") + ": no such directory"},
 	} {
 		_, err := walk(t, Dir(c.path))
-		if err == nil || !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), c.want) {
-			t.Errorf("Walk(%q) = %v, want it to start %q", c.path, err, c.want)
+		if err == nil || err.Error() != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("Walk(%q) = %v, want %q", c.path, err, c.want)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestDirReadsTheDirectoryAndLabelsItsErrorsWithIt(t *testing.T) {
 	if err == nil || !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(dir, "a.json"))+": ") {
 		t.Errorf("Walk = %v, want the error labelled with the directory", err)
 	}
-	if _, err := walk(t, Dir(filepath.Join(dir, "a.json"))); err == nil || err.Error() != filepath.Join(dir, "a.json")+" is not a directory" {
+	if _, err := walk(t, Dir(filepath.Join(dir, "a.json"))); err == nil || err.Error() != "data path "+filepath.Join(dir, "a.json")+": not a directory" {
 		t.Errorf("Walk = %v, want a file refused as no directory", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/jsonvalue/jsonvalue_test.go b/internal/jsonvalue/jsonvalue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b30851e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/jsonvalue/jsonvalue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package jsonvalue
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestDecodeNamesTheLineAndColumnOfASyntaxError(t *testing.T) {
+	for in, want := range map[string]string{
+		"{\"a\": 1,}":                  "line 1, column 9: invalid character '}' looking for beginning of object key string",
+		"{\n  \"a\": 1\n  \"b\": 2\n}": "line 3, column 3: invalid character '\"' after object key:value pair",
+		"":                             "line 1, column 1: unexpected end of JSON input",
+	} {
+		if _, err := Decode([]byte(in)); err == nil || err.Error() != want {
+			t.Errorf("Decode(%q) = %v, want %q", in, err, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/loading_test.go b/loading_test.go
index ab6445c..e7fddb8 100644
--- a/loading_test.go
+++ b/loading_test.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func TestNewErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := os.WriteFile(file, []byte("{}"), 0o644); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if _, err := New(WithDataPath(file)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "xx_XX is not a directory") {
+	if _, err := New(WithDataPath(file)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "xx_XX: not a directory") {
 		t.Errorf("New(file) = %v, want not-a-directory error", err)
 	}
 	// Invalid JSON in a category file fails.
diff --git a/record_test.go b/record_test.go
index 768850b..2dea0d6 100644
--- a/record_test.go
+++ b/record_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestRecordErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		want string
 	}{
 		{"bare", "has no fields, so no columns"},
-		{"pick", "names a choice"},
+		{"pick", `names a choice, not a template; a record is a template whose fields are its columns; render it as a column of one: {"format":"","pick":"{/pick}"}`},
 		{"group", "names a folder"},
 		{"nope", "no entry"},
 	} {
diff --git a/shipped_data_test.go b/shipped_data_test.go
index 8a657fd..dfd89e7 100644
--- a/shipped_data_test.go
+++ b/shipped_data_test.go
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ func TestAGeneratorWithNoDataRendersWhatReadsNone(t *testing.T) {
 		if _, err := f.FakeRecord("x"); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no data is loaded") {
 			t.Errorf("%s: FakeRecord(x) = %v, want a reference to nothing refused, saying no data is loaded", name, err)
 		}
+		var tagged struct {
+			X string `fake:"x"`
+		}
+		if err := f.FakeStruct(&tagged); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no data is loaded") {
+			t.Errorf("%s: FakeStruct(tag x) = %v, want a reference to nothing refused, saying no data is loaded", name, err)
+		}
 	}
 }