diff --git a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
index dc7a16d1e26..acb3f105369 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_syntax.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 >>> `1` = 1
 Traceback (most recent call last):
-SyntaxError: can't assign to repr (<doctest test.test_syntax[10]>, line 1)
+SyntaxError: invalid syntax
 
 If the left-hand side of an assignment is a list or tuple, an illegal
 expression inside that contain should still cause a syntax error.