diff --git a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
index 8ebb1b9783c..229a1af3b4f 100644
--- a/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
+++ b/sdk/python/v1beta1/kubeflow/katib/api/katib_client_test.py
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def create_experiment(
         ValueError,
     ),
     (
-        "missing parameters - not setting custom objective tuning or external model tuning",
+        "missing parameters - no custom objective or external model tuning",
         {
             "name": "tune_test",
         },