diff --git a/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs b/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
index 4ac2c01411b0..c89d86f84cc1 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/freshness.rs
@@ -2934,7 +2934,7 @@ fn use_mtime_cache_in_cargo_home() {
     p.cargo("check -v")
         .env("CARGO_HOME", &cargo_home)
         .with_status(101)
-        .with_stderr(
+        .with_stderr_contains(
             "\
 [DIRTY] foo v0.5.0 ([CWD]): [..]
 [CHECKING] foo v0.5.0 ([CWD])
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/help.rs b/tests/testsuite/help.rs
index 5340a66040f2..23b5bb49bdab 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/help.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/help.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ fn help_alias() {
     cargo_process("help empty-alias")
         .env("PATH", Path::new(""))
         .with_status(101)
-        .with_stderr_contains("[..]The subcommand 'empty-alias' wasn't recognized[..]")
+        .with_stderr_contains("[..]no such command: `empty-alias`[..]")
         .run();
 
     // Because `simple-alias` aliases a subcommand with no arguments, help shows the manpage.