diff --git a/test/addons-napi/test_dataview/test.js b/test/addons-napi/test_dataview/test.js
index 87cf8159ab8635..711ab01ddb3cb6 100644
--- a/test/addons-napi/test_dataview/test.js
+++ b/test/addons-napi/test_dataview/test.js
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ const template = Reflect.construct(DataView, [buffer]);
 
 const theDataview = test_dataview.CreateDataView(template);
 assert.ok(theDataview instanceof DataView,
-          'The new variable should be of type Dataview');
+          `Expect ${theDataview} to be a DataView`);