diff --git a/tests/null-accountname-component.test b/tests/null-accountname-component.test
index 29d92fb1d..6682d8b07 100644
--- a/tests/null-accountname-component.test
+++ b/tests/null-accountname-component.test
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ bin/hledger -f - balance -E
 2009/1/1 x
  a:  13
  b
->>>2
-hledger: parse error at (line 1, column 4):
-accountname seems ill-formed: a:
+>>>2 /accountname seems ill-formed: a:/
 >>>= 1