diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
index 02ce8169caf3fe..2ec996897a1cae 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function error_test() {
       expect: /^SyntaxError: Unexpected number/ },
     // should throw
     { client: client_unix, send: 'JSON.parse(\'{\');',
-      expect: /^SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input/ },
+      expect: /^SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input/ },
     // invalid RegExps are a special case of syntax error,
     // should throw
     { client: client_unix, send: '/(/;',