diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 987a425..38ad140 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
                     sys.stdout.write("\nSSLError is %s\n" % x.args[1])
             except socket.error as x:
                 if support.verbose:
-                    sys.stdout.write("\nsocket.error is %s\n" % x[1])
+                    sys.stdout.write("\nsocket.error is %s\n" % x.args[1])
             else:
                 self.fail("Use of invalid cert should have failed!")
         finally: