diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
index 4293d421ded..b92a3584384 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/helpers.py
@@ -639,12 +639,12 @@ def test_get_config_dir_compat(monkeypatch):
     if not is_darwin and not is_win32:
         monkeypatch.delenv("BORG_CONFIG_DIR", raising=False)
         monkeypatch.delenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", raising=False)
-        # fails on macOS: assert '/Users/tw/Library/Preferences/borg' == '/Users/tw/.config/borg'
+        # fails on macOS: assert '/Users/tw/Library/Application Support/borg' == '/Users/tw/.config/borg'
         # fails on win32 MSYS2 (but we do not need legacy compat there).
         assert get_config_dir(legacy=False) == get_config_dir(legacy=True)
     if not is_darwin and not is_win32:
         monkeypatch.setenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "/var/tmp/.config1")
-        # fails on macOS: assert '/Users/tw/Library/Preferences/borg' == '/var/tmp/.config1/borg'
+        # fails on macOS: assert '/Users/tw/Library/Application Support/borg' == '/var/tmp/.config1/borg'
         # fails on win32 MSYS2 (but we do not need legacy compat there).
         assert get_config_dir(legacy=False) == get_config_dir(legacy=True)
     monkeypatch.setenv("BORG_CONFIG_DIR", "/var/tmp/.config2")