diff --git a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTest.java b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTest.java
index 56eaab4e5d9ce..dc74497729923 100644
--- a/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTest.java
+++ b/independent-projects/tools/devtools-testing/src/main/java/io/quarkus/devtools/testing/codestarts/QuarkusCodestartTest.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public void buildAllProjects() throws IOException {
      */
     public void buildProject(Language language) throws IOException {
         final int exitCode = WrapperRunner.run(getProjectWithRealDataDir(language));
-        Assertions.assertThat(exitCode).as("Run project return status is zero").isZero();
+        Assertions.assertThat(exitCode).as("Run project return status should be zero").isZero();
     }
 
     /**