diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl b/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
index e82d3cb242..e87c028659 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/t/002_pgbench_no_server.pl
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ my @options = (
 	[
 		'bad option',
 		'-h home -p 5432 -U calvin -d --bad-option',
-		[ qr{(unrecognized|illegal) option}, qr{--help.*more information} ]
+		[qr{--help.*more information}]
 	],
 	[
 		'no file',