--- a/tests/test-http-bad-server.t	Fri Aug 18 20:20:38 2017 -0700
+++ b/tests/test-http-bad-server.t	Mon Sep 25 11:05:16 2017 +0200
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@
   $ hg --config badserver.closeafterrecvbytes=1 serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E error.log
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
 
-TODO this error message is not very good
-
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
-  abort: error: ''
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: ''
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS
@@ -87,7 +85,7 @@
   $ hg --config badserver.closeafterrecvbytes=40 serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E error.log
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
-  abort: error: ''
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: ''
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@
   $ hg --config badserver.closeafterrecvbytes=210 serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E error.log
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
-  abort: error: ''
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: ''
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
   requesting all changes
-  abort: error: ''
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: ''
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS
@@ -200,7 +198,7 @@
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
 
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
-  abort: error: ''
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: ''
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS
@@ -251,7 +249,7 @@
   $ cat hg.pid > $DAEMON_PIDS
 
   $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ clone
-  abort: error: H
+  abort: error: bad HTTP status line: H
   [255]
 
   $ killdaemons.py $DAEMON_PIDS