diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
index 641e69dba64..c6ffbdc1759 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommandTest.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public void callingWithConfigOptionButNonExistingFileShouldDisplayHelp() throws
     final Path tempConfigFilePath = createTempFile("an-invalid-file-name-without-extension", "");
     parseCommand("--config-file", tempConfigFilePath.toString());
 
-    final String expectedOutputStart = "Unable to read TOML configuration file";
+    final String expectedOutputStart = "Unable to read from empty TOML configuration file.";
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).startsWith(expectedOutputStart);
     assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }