diff --git a/t/util.t b/t/util.t
index bd228db66..b8db69a4b 100644
--- a/t/util.t
+++ b/t/util.t
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Search::Dict - decoy
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 EOP
 
-    is abstract_from_string($pod), 'Do stuff';
+    is abstract_from_string($pod), 'This will fail', 'the thing should match';
 }