diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index b433850..59cbffe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@
         badsyntax = os.path.join(pkgdir, "__init__") + os.extsep + "py"
         with open(badsyntax, 'w') as f:
             f.write("invalid python syntax = $1\n")
-        result = run_pydoc('nothing', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
+        result = run_pydoc('zqwykjv', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
         self.assertEqual('', result)
 
     def test_apropos_with_unreadable_dir(self):
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
         self.addCleanup(os.rmdir, self.unreadable_dir)
         # Note, on Windows the directory appears to be still
         #   readable so this is not really testing the issue there
-        result = run_pydoc('nothing', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
+        result = run_pydoc('zqwykjv', '-k', PYTHONPATH=TESTFN)
         self.assertEqual('', result)