diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index 8b13096c2b9..03b883b87d2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ def test_gopher(self):
                                 "urllib2$")
         urls = [
             # Thanks to Fred for finding these!
-            'gopher://gopher.lib.ncsu.edu/11/library/stacks/Alex',
-            'gopher://gopher.vt.edu:10010/10/33',
+            'gopher://gopher.lib.ncsu.edu./11/library/stacks/Alex',
+            'gopher://gopher.vt.edu.:10010/10/33',
             ]
         self._test_urls(urls, self._extra_handlers())
 
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ def _test_urls(self, urls, handlers):
             except (IOError, socket.error, OSError), err:
                 debug(err)
                 if expected_err:
-                    self.assert_(isinstance(err, expected_err))
+                    msg = ("Didn't get expected error(s) %s for %s %s, got %s" %
+                           (expected_err, url, req, err))
+                    self.assert_(isinstance(err, expected_err), msg)
             else:
                 buf = f.read()
                 f.close()
@@ -259,7 +261,6 @@ def _extra_handlers(self):
         return handlers
 
 
-
 def test_main():
     test_support.requires("network")
     test_support.run_unittest(URLTimeoutTest, urlopenNetworkTests,