diff --git a/tests/fov_watcher_test.py b/tests/fov_watcher_test.py
index c1647792..7f01e259 100644
--- a/tests/fov_watcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/fov_watcher_test.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def test_watcher(
                 infile.write("\n")
 
     except OSError as ose:
-        print("There was a failure:")
+        print("Ran into an error:")
         print(ose)
         # warnings.warn("Temporary file cleanup was incomplete.")