diff --git a/tests/misc/tunsignedconv.nim b/tests/misc/tunsignedconv.nim
index 601deee0d3..8068162083 100644
--- a/tests/misc/tunsignedconv.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/tunsignedconv.nim
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ let a3 = not 0'u64
 var success = false
 try:
   discard a3.int64
-except RangeDefect:
+except RangeError:
   success = true
 
 doAssert success, "conversion should fail at runtime"
diff --git a/tests/semreject/tmixing_return_and_exprs.nim b/tests/semreject/tmixing_return_and_exprs.nim
index 2848c47e4e..d342b1a3ce 100644
--- a/tests/semreject/tmixing_return_and_exprs.nim
+++ b/tests/semreject/tmixing_return_and_exprs.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 discard """
-  errormsg: "expression 'len(src) shl 1' is of type 'int' and has to be used (or discarded)"
+  errormsg: "expression 'len(src) shl 1' is of type 'int' and has to be discarded"
   line: 19
 """