diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/TestErasureCodingPolicyInfo.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/TestErasureCodingPolicyInfo.java
index 32518e0b7f2..417ea3027ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/TestErasureCodingPolicyInfo.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/protocol/TestErasureCodingPolicyInfo.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class TestErasureCodingPolicyInfo {
     try {
       new ErasureCodingPolicyInfo(SystemErasureCodingPolicies
           .getByID(RS_6_3_POLICY_ID), null);
-      fail("Null policy should fail");
+      fail("Null policy state should fail");
     } catch (NullPointerException expected) {
     }
   }