diff --git a/testdata/parser/positive/16.pdl b/testdata/parser/positive/16.pdl
index 604bdf0bd56c3344fc9ff34aa8e2919924f348b5..06d6a4ef972caee119206004cf47bb3cdcab5d7d 100644
--- a/testdata/parser/positive/16.pdl
+++ b/testdata/parser/positive/16.pdl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ composite main() {
 }
 
 primitive a(in x) {
-	synchronous {
+	sync {
 		msg m = get(x);
 		assert m.length == 5;
 		assert m[0] == 'h';
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ primitive b(out x) {
 }
 // or
 primitive c(out x) {
-	synchronous {
+	sync {
 		msg m = create(5);
 		m[0] = 'h';
 		m[1] = 'e';