diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index c0e1b13aac3..de6aec453d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def testConnectTimeout(self):
 
         _delta = abs(_t1 - _t2)
         self.assert_(_delta < _timeout + self.fuzz,
-                     "timeout (%g) is %g seconds more than expected (%g)"
+                     "timeout (%g) is more than %g seconds more than expected (%g)"
                      %(_delta, self.fuzz, _timeout))
 
     def testRecvTimeout(self):