diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
index 31b79b7937..c9e752ecf7 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/basic.php
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 /**
  * just make sure the test framework is working
  *
+ * No Covers as this checks for content in files
+ *
  * @group testsuite
  */
 class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
+	/**
+	 * @coversNothing
+	 */
 	public function test_license() {
 		// This test is designed to only run on trunk.
 		$this->skipOnAutomatedBranches();
@@ -19,6 +24,9 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertSame( $this_year, $license_year, "license.txt's year needs to be updated to $this_year." );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @coversNothing
+	 */
 	public function test_security_md() {
 		// This test is designed to only run on trunk.
 		$this->skipOnAutomatedBranches();
@@ -32,6 +40,9 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertContains( $latest_stable, $supported_versions, "SECURITY.md's version needs to be updated to $latest_stable." );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @coversNothing
+	 */
 	public function test_package_json() {
 		$package_json    = file_get_contents( dirname( ABSPATH ) . '/package.json' );
 		$package_json    = json_decode( $package_json, true );
@@ -49,14 +60,19 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	/**
 	 * @depends test_package_json
+	 *
+	 * @coversNothing
 	 */
 	public function test_package_json_node_engine( $package_json ) {
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'engines', $package_json );
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey( 'node', $package_json['engines'] );
 	}
 
-	// Test some helper utility functions.
-
+	/**
+	 * Test some helper utility functions.
+	 *
+	 * @coversNothing
+	 */
 	public function test_strip_ws() {
 		$this->assertSame( '', strip_ws( '' ) );
 		$this->assertSame( 'foo', strip_ws( 'foo' ) );
@@ -84,6 +100,9 @@ class Tests_Basic extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @coversNothing
+	 */
 	public function test_mask_input_value() {
 		$in = <<<EOF
 <h2>Assign Authors</h2>