diff --git a/src/tests/createtest.c b/src/tests/createtest.c
index f7ce78ba9e..5719d55a66 100644
--- a/src/tests/createtest.c
+++ b/src/tests/createtest.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	c->set_config_item(c, "lxc.net.0.flags", "up");
 
 	if (!c->createl(c, "busybox", NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to create a trusty container\n", __LINE__);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to create a container\n", __LINE__);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/tests/get_item.c b/src/tests/get_item.c
index 8ad53c4372..a3ac188f53 100644
--- a/src/tests/get_item.c
+++ b/src/tests/get_item.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (!c->createl(c, "busybox", NULL, NULL, 0, NULL)) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to create a trusty container\n", __LINE__);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%d: failed to create a container\n", __LINE__);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	lxc_container_put(c);