diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/lib.go b/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
index de52cc78..542a232d 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/lib.go
@@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ type OperationType struct {
 }
 
 // operators TODO:
-// - add print test, particular for streams with multilpe docs
-// (one that print doc1, then doc 3) in two calls
-// (one that prints doc1, then doc 3) in one call
-// - write in place
+// - get Kind
 // - get path operator (like doc index)
 // - get file index op (like doc index)
 // - get file name op (like doc index)
+// - write in place
 // - mergeAppend (merges and appends arrays)
 // - mergeEmpty (sets only if the document is empty, do I do that now?)
 // - updateTag - not recursive
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/printer_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/printer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e60973d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/printer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package yqlib
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4/test"
+)
+
+var multiDocSample = `a: banana
+---
+a: apple
+---
+a: coconut
+`
+
+func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSequence(t *testing.T) {
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
+	printer := NewPrinter(writer, false, true, false, 2, true)
+
+	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	el := inputs.Front()
+	sample1 := nodeToMap(el.Value.(*CandidateNode))
+
+	el = el.Next()
+	sample2 := nodeToMap(el.Value.(*CandidateNode))
+
+	el = el.Next()
+	sample3 := nodeToMap(el.Value.(*CandidateNode))
+
+	printer.PrintResults(sample1)
+	printer.PrintResults(sample2)
+	printer.PrintResults(sample3)
+
+	writer.Flush()
+	test.AssertResult(t, multiDocSample, output.String())
+
+}
+
+func TestPrinterMultipleDocsInSinglePrint(t *testing.T) {
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
+	printer := NewPrinter(writer, false, true, false, 2, true)
+
+	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	printer.PrintResults(inputs)
+
+	writer.Flush()
+	test.AssertResult(t, multiDocSample, output.String())
+}
+
+func TestPrinterMultipleDocsJson(t *testing.T) {
+	var output bytes.Buffer
+	var writer = bufio.NewWriter(&output)
+	printer := NewPrinter(writer, true, true, false, 0, false)
+
+	inputs, err := readDocuments(strings.NewReader(multiDocSample), "sample.yml")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	printer.PrintResults(inputs)
+
+	expected := `{"a":"banana"}
+{"a":"apple"}
+{"a":"coconut"}
+`
+
+	writer.Flush()
+	test.AssertResult(t, expected, output.String())
+}