diff --git a/test/encoding b/test/encoding
index 73ca62ad..6a7196be 100755
--- a/test/encoding
+++ b/test/encoding
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-test_description="Testing encoding issues"
+test_description="encoding issues"
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_begin_subtest "Message with text of unknown charset"
diff --git a/test/long-id b/test/long-id
index 1f55d716..202a0321 100755
--- a/test/long-id
+++ b/test/long-id
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-test_description="Testing messages with ridiculously-long message IDs"
+test_description="messages with ridiculously-long message IDs"
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_begin_subtest "Referencing long ID before adding"