t/v1-add-remove-add.t | 2 +-
 t/v2-add-remove-add.t | 2 +-

diff --git a/t/v1-add-remove-add.t b/t/v1-add-remove-add.t
index 2867bb9414c19f76ca4d9d8eacffcc50b8708ae7..736e414e354045b09bf97a5c1d106e6b052d4c9f 100644
--- a/t/v1-add-remove-add.t
+++ b/t/v1-add-remove-add.t
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ 	body => "hello world\n",
 );
 my $im = PublicInbox::Import->new($ibx->git, undef, undef, $ibx);
 ok($im->add($mime), 'message added');
-ok($im->remove($mime), 'message added');
+ok($im->remove($mime), 'message removed');
 ok($im->add($mime), 'message added again');
 $im->done;
 my $rw = PublicInbox::SearchIdx->new($ibx, 1);
diff --git a/t/v2-add-remove-add.t b/t/v2-add-remove-add.t
index c427de6e1b938ef9db73eb5a6f6551565afbd985..328f5326e36231fd8845b31e233061774d9d6763 100644
--- a/t/v2-add-remove-add.t
+++ b/t/v2-add-remove-add.t
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ );
 my $im = PublicInbox::V2Writable->new($ibx, 1);
 $im->{parallel} = 0;
 ok($im->add($mime), 'message added');
-ok($im->remove($mime), 'message added');
+ok($im->remove($mime), 'message removed');
 ok($im->add($mime), 'message added again');
 $im->done;
 my $msgs = $ibx->recent({limit => 1000});