diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e0612d..9d544c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
-    <r7.recog.content.version>2.3.21</r7.recog.content.version>
+    <r7.recog.content.version>2.3.22</r7.recog.content.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/recog-verify/src/test/java/com/rapid7/recog/verify/RecogVerifierTest.java b/recog-verify/src/test/java/com/rapid7/recog/verify/RecogVerifierTest.java
index 51d6b0c..767f443 100644
--- a/recog-verify/src/test/java/com/rapid7/recog/verify/RecogVerifierTest.java
+++ b/recog-verify/src/test/java/com/rapid7/recog/verify/RecogVerifierTest.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public void verifyNoExampleNonZeroPositionParamsWarnCount() throws ParseExceptio
     // then
     assertEquals(0, verifier.getReporter().getSuccessCount());
     assertEquals(0, verifier.getReporter().getFailureCount());
-    assertEquals(4, verifier.getReporter().getWarningCount());
+    assertEquals(1, verifier.getReporter().getWarningCount());
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/recog/src/main/java/com/rapid7/recog/RecogMatcher.java b/recog/src/main/java/com/rapid7/recog/RecogMatcher.java
index c760102..48c6286 100644
--- a/recog/src/main/java/com/rapid7/recog/RecogMatcher.java
+++ b/recog/src/main/java/com/rapid7/recog/RecogMatcher.java
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ public void verifyExamples(BiConsumer<VerifyStatus, String> consumer) {
     // look for the presence of test cases
     if (examples.size() == 0) {
       consumer.accept(VerifyStatus.Warn, String.format("'%s' has no test cases", description));
+      return;
     }
 
     // make sure each test case passes