diff --git a/tests/enum/tenumitems.nim b/tests/enum/tenumitems.nim
index b6eee5ba81..b92cff6bf5 100644
--- a/tests/enum/tenumitems.nim
+++ b/tests/enum/tenumitems.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 discard """
   line: 7
-  errormsg: "type mismatch"
+  errormsg: "expression 'items' cannot be called"
 """
 
 type a = enum b,c,d