Issue #19572: More silently skipped tests explicitly skipped.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_nis.py b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
index 8d49550..2a9f2a8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_nis.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_nis.py
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
             maps = nis.maps()
         except nis.error, msg:
             # NIS is probably not active, so this test isn't useful
-            if test_support.verbose:
-                print "Test Skipped:", msg
-            # Can't raise SkipTest as regrtest only recognizes the exception
-            #   import time.
-            return
+            self.skipTest(str(msg))
         try:
             # On some systems, this map is only accessible to the
             # super user