diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unparse.py b/Lib/test/test_unparse.py
index 77ce18cbf4cbfb..106704ba8c9c2d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unparse.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unparse.py
@@ -650,9 +650,18 @@ def test_multiquote_joined_string(self):
         self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f'''""\"''\\'{""\"\\n\\"'''""\" '''\\n'''}''' """)
 
     def test_backslash_in_format_spec(self):
-        self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\ }" """)
+        import re
+        msg = re.escape("invalid escape sequence '\\ '")
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(SyntaxWarning, msg):
+            self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\ }" """)
+        self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\n}" """)
+
         self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\\\ }" """)
-        self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\\\\\ }" """)
+
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(SyntaxWarning, msg):
+            self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\\\\\ }" """)
+        self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\\\\\n}" """)
+
         self.check_ast_roundtrip("""f"{x:\\\\\\\\ }" """)
 
     def test_quote_in_format_spec(self):