diff --git a/src/tests/system/tests/test_sssctl.py b/src/tests/system/tests/test_sssctl.py
index d8622fb6fc..5d6804646c 100644
--- a/src/tests/system/tests/test_sssctl.py
+++ b/src/tests/system/tests/test_sssctl.py
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ def test_sssctl__check_invalid_option_name_in_snippet(client: Client, contents:
     client.fs.write("/etc/sssd/conf.d/01_snippet.conf", contents, mode="640")
 
     result = client.sssctl.config_check()
-    assert result.rc != 0, "Config-check did not detect misconfigured config snippet"
-    assert expected in result.stdout, "Wrong error message was returned"
+    assert result.rc != 0, "Config-check did not detect misconfigured config snippet!"
+    assert expected in result.stdout, "Wrong error message was returned!"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.importance("high")