diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/ptr_legacy_provenance.rs b/tests/compile-fail/ptr_legacy_provenance.rs
index b9acc24517..aecc1460e0 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/ptr_legacy_provenance.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/ptr_legacy_provenance.rs
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ fn main() {
 
     let ptr = ptr::from_exposed_addr::<i32>(y_usize);
     let ptr = ptr.with_addr(x_usize);
-    assert_eq!(unsafe { *ptr }, 0); //~ ERROR pointer to 4 bytes starting at offset -20 is out-of-bounds
+    assert_eq!(unsafe { *ptr }, 0); //~ ERROR is out-of-bounds
 }