diff --git a/crates/toml/src/macros.rs b/crates/toml/src/macros.rs
index 19b2ce22..d86cc52f 100644
--- a/crates/toml/src/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/toml/src/macros.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ pub use serde::de::{Deserialize, IntoDeserializer};
 
 use crate::value::{Array, Table, Value};
 
-/// Construct a [`toml::Value`] from TOML syntax.
-///
-/// [`toml::Value`]: value/enum.Value.html
+/// Construct a [`Table`] from TOML syntax.
 ///
 /// ```rust
 /// let cargo_toml = toml::toml! {
@@ -32,7 +30,10 @@ macro_rules! toml {
         let table = $crate::value::Table::new();
         let mut root = $crate::Value::Table(table);
         $crate::toml_internal!(@toplevel root [] $($toml)+);
-        root
+        match root {
+            $crate::Value::Table(table) => table,
+            _ => unreachable!(),
+        }
     }};
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/macros.rs b/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/macros.rs
index 76fb2df5..51007051 100644
--- a/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/toml/tests/testsuite/macros.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fn test_cargo_toml() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fn test_array() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ fn test_number() {
         "bin" => 214,
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn test_datetime() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 // This test requires rustc >= 1.20.
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ fn test_quoted_key() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ fn test_empty() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ fn test_dotted_keys() {
         },
     };
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+    assert_eq!(toml::Value::Table(actual), expected);
 }