diff --git a/testing/test_skipping.py b/testing/test_skipping.py
index 12b18ca33..2e7868d3a 100644
--- a/testing/test_skipping.py
+++ b/testing/test_skipping.py
@@ -967,5 +967,5 @@ def test_module_level_skip_error(testdir):
     """)
     result = testdir.runpytest()
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(
-        "*Using @pytest.skip outside of a test * is not allowed*"
+        "*Using pytest.skip outside of a test is not allowed*"
     )