diff --git a/java-diff-utils/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/patch/Chunk.java b/java-diff-utils/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/patch/Chunk.java
index b5b2f31..760f569 100644
--- a/java-diff-utils/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/patch/Chunk.java
+++ b/java-diff-utils/src/main/java/com/github/difflib/patch/Chunk.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public VerifyChunk verifyChunk(List<T> target, int fuzz, int position) throws Pa
 				int lastIndex = size() - fuzz;
 				int last = position + size() - 1;
 
-				if (position + fuzz > target.size() || last - fuzz > target.size()) {
+				if (position + fuzz > target.size() || last - fuzz >= target.size()) {
 						return VerifyChunk.POSITION_OUT_OF_TARGET;
 				}
 				for (int i = startIndex; i < lastIndex; i++) {
diff --git a/java-diff-utils/src/test/java/com/github/difflib/patch/ChunkTest.java b/java-diff-utils/src/test/java/com/github/difflib/patch/ChunkTest.java
index 46eb727..0dae455 100644
--- a/java-diff-utils/src/test/java/com/github/difflib/patch/ChunkTest.java
+++ b/java-diff-utils/src/test/java/com/github/difflib/patch/ChunkTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ void verifyChunk() throws PatchFailedException {
 								VerifyChunk.CONTENT_DOES_NOT_MATCH_TARGET, chunk.verifyChunk(toCharList("prefix      suffix"), 1, 7));
 		}
 
+		@Test
+		void verifyChunkAtTheEndOfTheTarget() throws PatchFailedException {
+				// chunk covers target indices 7..10, so it needs a target of at least 11
+				Chunk<Character> chunk = new Chunk<>(7, toCharList("test"));
+
+				assertEquals(VerifyChunk.OK, chunk.verifyChunk(toCharList("prefix test"), 0, 7));
+				assertEquals(VerifyChunk.POSITION_OUT_OF_TARGET, chunk.verifyChunk(toCharList("prefix tes"), 0, 7));
+				assertEquals(VerifyChunk.POSITION_OUT_OF_TARGET, chunk.verifyChunk(toCharList("prefix te"), 0, 7));
+		}
+
 		private List<Character> toCharList(String str) {
 				return str.chars().mapToObj(x -> (char) x).collect(Collectors.toList());
 		}