diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
index d783af65839ad9..9e98edf2146ca9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line_script.py
@@ -549,10 +549,10 @@ def test_pep_409_verbiage(self):
             script_name = _make_test_script(script_dir, 'script', script)
             exitcode, stdout, stderr = assert_python_failure(script_name)
             text = stderr.decode('ascii').split('\n')
-            self.assertEqual(len(text), 6)
+            self.assertEqual(len(text), 5)
             self.assertTrue(text[0].startswith('Traceback'))
             self.assertTrue(text[1].startswith('  File '))
-            self.assertTrue(text[4].startswith('NameError'))
+            self.assertTrue(text[3].startswith('NameError'))
 
     def test_non_ascii(self):
         # Mac OS X denies the creation of a file with an invalid UTF-8 name.