diff --git a/apps/upper_case.C b/apps/upper_case.C
index 7e23f40929..95059b6bbb 100755
--- a/apps/upper_case.C
+++ b/apps/upper_case.C
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     my_start_time = time(0);
 
+    // NOTE: if you change output here, remember to change the output that
+    // test_uc.py pattern-matches against.
+
     for (i=0; i<argc; i++) {
         fprintf(stderr, "APP: upper_case: argv[%d] is %s\n", i, argv[i]);
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-run_slow")) run_slow = true;
diff --git a/test/test_uc.py b/test/test_uc.py
index c62258a5f5..cfbe0d04c2 100755
--- a/test/test_uc.py
+++ b/test/test_uc.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class WorkUC(Work):
 class ResultUC(Result):
     def __init__(self):
         self.stderr_out   = MATCH_REGEXPS([
-            "<stderr_txt>\n" +
-            "APP: upper_case: starting, argc \\d+\n" +
+            "<stderr_txt>",
+            "APP: upper_case: starting, argc \\d+",
             "APP: upper_case: argv[[]0[]] is upper_case",
             "APP: upper_case ending, wrote \\d+ chars"])