2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp-tests.el b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp-tests.el
index 3624904753c..84004a9264a 100644
--- a/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp-tests.el
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ literals (Bug#20852)."
             (err (should-error (byte-compile-file source))))
         (should (equal (cdr err)
                        (list (concat "unescaped character literals "
-                                     "\", (, ), ;, [, ] detected!"))))))))
+                                     "`?\"', `?(', `?)', `?;', `?[', `?]' "
+                                     "detected!"))))))))
 
 ;; Local Variables:
 ;; no-byte-compile: t
diff --git a/test/src/lread-tests.el b/test/src/lread-tests.el
index 0427fe64e4a..685ea682e29 100644
--- a/test/src/lread-tests.el
+++ b/test/src/lread-tests.el
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ literals (Bug#20852)."
     (should (equal (lread-tests--last-message)
                    (concat (format-message "Loading `%s': " file-name)
                            "unescaped character literals "
-                           "\", (, ), ;, [, ] detected!")))))
+                           "`?\"', `?(', `?)', `?;', `?[', `?]' detected!")))))
 
 (ert-deftest lread-test-bug26837 ()
   "Test for http://debbugs.gnu.org/26837 ."