diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
index 196f3dac8f3d..5ed65b69b54a 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_chain_test.go
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func TestWriteAncientHeaderChain(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected body returned")
 		}
 		if blob := ReadReceiptsRLP(db, header.Hash(), header.Number.Uint64()); len(blob) != 0 {
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected body returned")
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected receipts returned")
 		}
 	}
 }