diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/block-copy.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/block-copy.rs
index f6819fee5c6..c1a1971ee52 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/block-copy.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/block-copy.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern: mismatched kinds
+// error-pattern: needed shared type, got pinned type block
 
 fn lol(f: block()) -> block() { ret f; }
 fn main() { let i = 8; let f = lol(block () { log_err i; }); f(); }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/copy-a-resource.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/copy-a-resource.rs
index 030872a1348..621f7b99d90 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/copy-a-resource.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/copy-a-resource.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern:mismatched kinds
+// error-pattern:cannot copy pinned type foo
 
 resource foo(i: int) { }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/pinned-deep-copy.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/pinned-deep-copy.rs
index 33570b4061f..e5652637c6b 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/pinned-deep-copy.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/pinned-deep-copy.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern: mismatched kinds
+// error-pattern: cannot copy pinned type ~~~{y: r}
 
 resource r(i: @mutable int) {
     *i = *i + 1;
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/unique-swap2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/unique-swap2.rs
index c2d751483fb..5a33fb3a503 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/unique-swap2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/unique-swap2.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern:mismatched kinds
+// error-pattern:needed shared type, got pinned type ~r
 
 resource r(i: @mutable int) {
     *i += 1;
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/unique-vec-res.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/unique-vec-res.rs
index 94c5e538f98..467c50e14d6 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/unique-vec-res.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/unique-vec-res.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern: mismatched kinds
+// error-pattern: needed shared type, got pinned type ~r
 
 resource r(i: @mutable int) {
     *i = *i + 1;