diff --git a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_test.go b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_test.go
index c11377ed5e5ee28c2bdeb9bd666c3120155f80bf..db8a4644237ac40ddbd2e17050cc20ddb43054ba 100644
--- a/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_test.go
+++ b/p2p/net/swarm/swarm_test.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func TestConnHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 	select {
 	case <-gotconn:
-		t.Fatalf("should have connected to %d swarms", expect)
+		t.Fatalf("should have connected to %d swarms, got an extra.", expect)
 	default:
 	}
 }