diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs b/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
index 6f614258bcb..5a32f7d0ba4 100644
--- a/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// error-pattern:get called on error result: "kitty"
+// error-pattern:get called on error result: ~"kitty"
 fn main() {
   log(error, result::get(result::err::<int,str>("kitty")));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}