diff --git a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
index 00130bb302d57..2ef1f065f603d 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/plotting/frame/test_frame.py
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ def test_area_lim(self, stacked):
 
         ax = _check_plot_works(neg_df.plot.area, stacked=stacked)
         ymin, ymax = ax.get_ylim()
-        assert ymax == 0, ymax
+        assert ymax == 0
 
     def test_area_sharey_dont_overwrite(self):
         # GH37942