diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
index 281115e26f33..1760d4046381 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_axes.py
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ def test_scatter_singular_plural_arguments(self):
                           edgecolor="#ffffff")
 
         with pytest.raises(TypeError,
-                           match="Got both 'facecolor' and 'facecolors',\
+                           match="Got both 'facecolors' and 'facecolor',\
  which are aliases of one another"):
             plt.scatter([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3],
                         facecolors=["#ffffff", "#000000", "#f0f0f0"],