diff --git a/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js b/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
index e141de34a9fe1b..5167f586079187 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ let stderr = '';
 
 fork(__filename, opts)
   .on('exit', common.mustCall(function(status) {
-    assert.strictEqual(status, 0, 'client did not succeed in connecting');
+    // Check that client succeeded in connecting.
+    assert.strictEqual(status, 0);
   }))
   .on('close', common.mustCall(function() {
     // TODO(addaleax): Make `SafeGetenv` work like `process.env`