diff --git a/src/cluster_legacy.c b/src/cluster_legacy.c
index 4220f9dcae..7dc16f9bb4 100644
--- a/src/cluster_legacy.c
+++ b/src/cluster_legacy.c
@@ -4095,8 +4095,9 @@ void clusterSendFailoverAuthIfNeeded(clusterNode *node, clusterMsg *request) {
  * replication offset, and so forth. Note that because how the rank is computed
  * multiple replicas may have the same rank, in case they have the same offset.
  *
- * If the replication offsets are the same, the one with the smaller node id
- * will have a better ranking to avoid simultaneous elections of replicas.
+ * If the replication offsets are the same, the one with the lexicographically
+ * smaller Node id  * will have a better ranking to avoid simultaneous elections
+ * of replicas.
  *
  * The replica rank is used to add a delay to start an election in order to
  * get voted and replace a failing primary. Replicas with better replication
diff --git a/tests/support/util.tcl b/tests/support/util.tcl
index c6c405b191..af7a399771 100644
--- a/tests/support/util.tcl
+++ b/tests/support/util.tcl
@@ -171,11 +171,16 @@ proc count_log_message {srv_idx pattern} {
     return [count_message_lines $stdout $pattern]
 }
 
-# verify pattern exists in server's sdtout after a certain line number
+# verify pattern exists in server's stdout after a certain line number
 proc verify_log_message {srv_idx pattern from_line} {
     incr from_line
     set result [exec tail -n +$from_line < [srv $srv_idx stdout]]
     if {![string match $pattern $result]} {
+        puts "logs ====1===="
+        puts $pattern
+        puts $srv_idx
+        puts $result
+        puts "logs ====2===="
         error "assertion:expected message not found in log file: $pattern"
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/cluster/failover.tcl b/tests/unit/cluster/failover.tcl
index b3033a98f9..c23dd3e710 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cluster/failover.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/cluster/failover.tcl
@@ -71,17 +71,7 @@ test "Instance #0 gets converted into a slave" {
 
 } ;# start_cluster
 
-# Add all replicas to the first primary node.
-proc cluster_allocate_replicas_to_one_primary {primaries replicas} {
-    set primary_id 0
-    for {set j 0} {$j < $replicas} {incr j} {
-        set replica_id [cluster_find_available_replica $primaries]
-        set primary_myself [cluster_get_myself $primary_id]
-        R $replica_id cluster replicate [dict get $primary_myself id]
-    }
-}
-
-start_cluster 5 10 {tags {external:skip cluster} overrides {cluster-node-timeout 5000}} {
+start_cluster 3 6 {tags {external:skip cluster}} {
 
 test "Cluster is up" {
     wait_for_cluster_state ok
@@ -130,4 +120,14 @@ test "Instance #0 gets converted into a replica" {
     wait_for_cluster_propagation
 }
 
-} continuous_slot_allocation cluster_allocate_replicas_to_one_primary ;# start_cluster
+test "Make sure the replicas always get the different ranks" {
+    if {[s -3 role] == "master"} {
+        verify_log_message -3 "*Start of election*rank #0*" 0
+        verify_log_message -6 "*Start of election*rank #1*" 0
+    } else {
+        verify_log_message -3 "*Start of election*rank #1*" 0
+        verify_log_message -6 "*Start of election*rank #0*" 0
+    }
+}
+
+} ;# start_cluster