diff --git a/Lib/test/test_eof.py b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
index 4d4c03b..763917f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_eof.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_eof.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 class EOFTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_EOFC(self):
-        expect = "EOL while scanning single-quoted string (<string>, line 1)"
+        expect = "EOL while scanning string literal (<string>, line 1)"
         try:
             eval("""'this is a test\
             """)
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
             raise test_support.TestFailed
 
     def test_EOFS(self):
-        expect = "EOF while scanning triple-quoted string (<string>, line 1)"
+        expect = ("EOF while scanning triple-quoted string literal "
+                  "(<string>, line 1)")
         try:
             eval("""'''this is a test""")
         except SyntaxError, msg: