--- a/tests/test-simplekeyvaluefile.py	Sat May 13 11:42:42 2017 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-simplekeyvaluefile.py	Sat May 13 11:52:44 2017 -0700
@@ -53,24 +53,24 @@
 
     def testinvalidkeys(self):
         d = {'0key1': 'value1', 'Key2': 'value2'}
-        self.assertRaises(error.ProgrammingError,
-                          scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write,
-                          d)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(error.ProgrammingError,
+                                     'keys must start with a letter.*'):
+            scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write(d)
+
         d = {'key1@': 'value1', 'Key2': 'value2'}
-        self.assertRaises(error.ProgrammingError,
-                          scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write,
-                          d)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(error.ProgrammingError, 'invalid key.*'):
+            scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write(d)
 
     def testinvalidvalues(self):
         d = {'key1': 'value1', 'Key2': 'value2\n'}
-        self.assertRaises(error.ProgrammingError,
-                          scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write,
-                          d)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(error.ProgrammingError,  'invalid val.*'):
+            scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'kvfile').write(d)
 
     def testcorruptedfile(self):
         self.vfs.contents['badfile'] = 'ababagalamaga\n'
-        self.assertRaises(error.CorruptedState,
-                          scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'badfile').read)
+        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(error.CorruptedState,
+                                     'dictionary.*element.*'):
+            scmutil.simplekeyvaluefile(self.vfs, 'badfile').read()
 
     def testfirstline(self):
         dw = {'key1': 'value1'}