diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
index 7b6d9210ed3d9..d8eeefcbdce7b 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_missing.py
@@ -1347,6 +1347,7 @@ def test_interp_limit_area(self):
             [np.nan, np.nan, 3.0, 4.0, np.nan, np.nan, 7.0, np.nan, np.nan]
         )
         result = s.interpolate(method="linear", limit_area="inside", limit=1)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
         expected = Series([np.nan, np.nan, 3.0, 4.0, np.nan, 6.0, 7.0, np.nan, np.nan])
         result = s.interpolate(
@@ -1362,6 +1363,7 @@ def test_interp_limit_area(self):
             [np.nan, np.nan, 3.0, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, 7.0, 7.0, np.nan]
         )
         result = s.interpolate(method="linear", limit_area="outside", limit=1)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
         expected = Series([np.nan, 3.0, 3.0, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, 7.0, 7.0, np.nan])
         result = s.interpolate(
@@ -1371,8 +1373,9 @@ def test_interp_limit_area(self):
 
         expected = Series([3.0, 3.0, 3.0, np.nan, np.nan, np.nan, 7.0, np.nan, np.nan])
         result = s.interpolate(
-            method="linear", limit_area="outside", direction="backward"
+            method="linear", limit_area="outside", limit_direction="backward"
         )
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
         # raises an error even if limit type is wrong.
         msg = r"Invalid limit_area: expecting one of \['inside', 'outside'\], got abc"