diff --git a/src/salloc/salloc.c b/src/salloc/salloc.c
index 7659fb9ce38b229e380a47721d6470f8a6a98dab..3a576dce9905bbdc69b7db9988fdcd8dd7b1b725 100644
--- a/src/salloc/salloc.c
+++ b/src/salloc/salloc.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			error("Unable to allocate resources: %m");
 			error_exit = immediate_exit;
 		} else {
-			error("Failed to allocate resources: %m");
+			error("Job submit/allocate failed: %m");
 		}
 		slurm_allocation_msg_thr_destroy(msg_thr);
 		exit(error_exit);
diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test15.10 b/testsuite/expect/test15.10
index c4e4e7fc8a2b582491320007bbcf95e48e057845..4c04eb2f08c5f4281ae0ac5109daa26555955502 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test15.10
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test15.10
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ for {set inx 1} {$inx < 4} {set inx [expr $inx * 2]} {
 			send "exit\r"
 			exp_continue
 		}
-		-re "Failed to allocate.*" {
+		-re "allocate failed" {
 			send_user "\nThis error is not unexpected, no worries\n"
 			set tasks_get $tasks_set
 		}