framework: expectsEvents not working according to the documentation

I have the following test case…

<?php
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\WithoutMiddleware;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;

class UserEmailNotificationsTest extends \TestCase
{
    use DatabaseTransactions;

    public function testMemberNewCommentEmailNotification()
    {
        $community = factory(Community::class)->create();

        $admin = factory(User::class, 'superadmin')->make();
        $admin->community_id = $community->id;
        $admin->save();

        $asset = factory(Asset\Video::class)->make();
        $asset->community_id = $community->id;
        $asset->user_id = $admin->id;
        $asset->save();

        $user = factory(User::class)->make();
        $user->community_id = $community->id;
        $user->created_by = $admin->id;
        $user->save();

        $group = factory(Group::class)->make();
        $group->created_by = $admin->id;
        $group->community_id = $community->id;
        $group->save();


        $groupMedia = factory(GroupMedia::class)->make();
        $groupMedia->asset_id = $asset->id;
        $groupMedia->user_id = $user->id;
        $groupMedia->group_id = $group->id;

        $this->expectsEvents('eloquent.saving: GroupMedia');
        $groupMedia->save();


        $groupUser = factory(GroupUser::class)->make();
        $groupUser->user_id = $user->id;
        $groupUser->group_id = $group->id;
        $groupUser->created_by = $admin->id;
        $groupUser->save();

        $this->expectsEvents('eloquent.created: GroupUser');

        $comment = factory(Comment::class)->make();
        $comment->media_id = $groupMedia->id;
        $comment->user_id = $user->id;
        $comment->save();

        $this->expectsEvents('eloquent.created: Comment');

    }
}

According to the documentation $this->expectsEvents() should verify that the events are fired but also stop it from running the event handler callback.

I kept getting an error that the event was not being fired so I went to the event handler code and added an echo statement. I then ran my unit tests again. This time I saw the echo from the event handler and it still stated the event was not being fired.

➜  l5_media_communities git:(laravel-5.2-testing) ✗ phpunit
PHPUnit 5.2.10 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

.E                                                                  2 / 2 (100%)
YES THE EVENT HANDLER HAS BEEN EXECUTED!


Time: 1.07 seconds, Memory: 27.25Mb

There was 1 error:

1) UserEmailNotificationsTest::testMemberNewCommentEmailNotification
Exception: These expected events were not fired: [eloquent.saving: GroupMedia]

/Users/jcrawford/Dropbox/Work/Viddler/Repositories/l5_media_communities/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/Concerns/MocksApplicationServices.php:44
/Users/jcrawford/Dropbox/Work/Viddler/Repositories/l5_media_communities/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Testing/TestCase.php:127

FAILURES!
Tests: 2, Assertions: 1, Errors: 1.

As you can see the uppercased string is coming from my event subscriber method that is triggered when the eloquent.saving: GroupMedia event is fired.

The second paragraph in the documentation is where I saw that the event handler should not be executed.

The BIGGER issue I am having is being told that the event did not fire when it actually did, with it reporting like that my tests always fail.