Index: lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestSpans.java
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--- lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestSpans.java	(revision 1622820)
+++ lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/search/spans/TestSpans.java	(working copy)
@@ -313,7 +313,13 @@
     assertTrue("Has next and it shouldn't", spans.next() == false);
   }
 
-
+  public void testNearSpanMinOnePositionIncrement() throws IOException {
+    SpanQuery[] duplicateSpanTerms = new SpanQuery[] { makeSpanTermQuery("w1"), makeSpanTermQuery("w1")};
+    
+    //Term w1 shouldn't count itself as a hit within a SpanNear.
+    checkHits(new SpanNearQuery(duplicateSpanTerms, 1, true), new int[]{});
+    checkHits(new SpanNearQuery(duplicateSpanTerms, 1, false), new int[]{});
+  }
 
   private Spans orSpans(String[] terms) throws Exception {
     SpanQuery[] sqa = new SpanQuery[terms.length];