diff --git a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
index b802caaa0db1..a8cf2ab49888 100644
--- a/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
+++ b/cli-plugins/manager/candidate_test.go
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ func TestValidateCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 		builtinName  = NamePrefix + "builtin"
 		builtinAlias = NamePrefix + "alias"
 
-		badPrefixPath  = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/wobble"
-		badNamePath    = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/docker-123456"
-		goodPluginPath = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/" + goodPluginName
+		badPrefixPath    = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/wobble"
+		badNamePath      = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/docker-123456"
+		goodPluginPath   = "/usr/local/libexec/cli-plugins/" + goodPluginName
+		metaExperimental = `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`
 	)
 
 	fakeroot := &cobra.Command{Use: "docker"}
@@ -50,43 +51,46 @@ func TestValidateCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		c *fakeCandidate
+		name string
+		c    *fakeCandidate
 
 		// Either err or invalid may be non-empty, but not both (both can be empty for a good plugin).
 		err     string
 		invalid string
 	}{
 		/* Each failing one of the tests */
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: ""}, err: "plugin candidate path cannot be empty"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: badPrefixPath}, err: fmt.Sprintf("does not have %q prefix", NamePrefix)},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: badNamePath}, invalid: "did not match"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinName}, invalid: `plugin "builtin" duplicates builtin command`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinAlias}, invalid: `plugin "alias" duplicates an alias of builtin command "builtin"`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: false}, invalid: fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch metadata: faked a failure to exec %q", goodPluginPath)},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `xyzzy`}, invalid: "invalid character"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "" is not valid`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "xyzzy"}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "xyzzy" is not valid`},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0"}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": ""}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`}, invalid: "requires experimental CLI"},
+		{name: "empty path", c: &fakeCandidate{path: ""}, err: "plugin candidate path cannot be empty"},
+		{name: "bad prefix", c: &fakeCandidate{path: badPrefixPath}, err: fmt.Sprintf("does not have %q prefix", NamePrefix)},
+		{name: "bad path", c: &fakeCandidate{path: badNamePath}, invalid: "did not match"},
+		{name: "builtin command", c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinName}, invalid: `plugin "builtin" duplicates builtin command`},
+		{name: "builtin alias", c: &fakeCandidate{path: builtinAlias}, invalid: `plugin "alias" duplicates an alias of builtin command "builtin"`},
+		{name: "fetch failure", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: false}, invalid: fmt.Sprintf("failed to fetch metadata: faked a failure to exec %q", goodPluginPath)},
+		{name: "metadata not json", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `xyzzy`}, invalid: "invalid character"},
+		{name: "empty schemaversion", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "" is not valid`},
+		{name: "invalid schemaversion", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "xyzzy"}`}, invalid: `plugin SchemaVersion "xyzzy" is not valid`},
+		{name: "no vendor", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0"}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
+		{name: "empty vendor", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": ""}`}, invalid: "plugin metadata does not define a vendor"},
+		{name: "experimental required", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: metaExperimental}, invalid: "requires experimental CLI"},
 		// This one should work
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`}},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`, allowExperimental: true}},
-		{c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing", "Experimental": true}`, allowExperimental: true}},
+		{name: "valid", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`}},
+		{name: "valid + allowing experimental", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: `{"SchemaVersion": "0.1.0", "Vendor": "e2e-testing"}`, allowExperimental: true}},
+		{name: "experimental + allowing experimental", c: &fakeCandidate{path: goodPluginPath, exec: true, meta: metaExperimental, allowExperimental: true}},
 	} {
-		p, err := newPlugin(tc.c, fakeroot, tc.c.allowExperimental)
-		if tc.err != "" {
-			assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.err)
-		} else if tc.invalid != "" {
-			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			assert.Assert(t, cmp.ErrorType(p.Err, reflect.TypeOf(&pluginError{})))
-			assert.ErrorContains(t, p.Err, tc.invalid)
-		} else {
-			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, NamePrefix+p.Name, goodPluginName)
-			assert.Equal(t, p.SchemaVersion, "0.1.0")
-			assert.Equal(t, p.Vendor, "e2e-testing")
-		}
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			p, err := newPlugin(tc.c, fakeroot, tc.c.allowExperimental)
+			if tc.err != "" {
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, tc.err)
+			} else if tc.invalid != "" {
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Assert(t, cmp.ErrorType(p.Err, reflect.TypeOf(&pluginError{})))
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, p.Err, tc.invalid)
+			} else {
+				assert.NilError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, NamePrefix+p.Name, goodPluginName)
+				assert.Equal(t, p.SchemaVersion, "0.1.0")
+				assert.Equal(t, p.Vendor, "e2e-testing")
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }