diff --git a/src/pkg/os/signal/signal_test.go b/src/pkg/os/signal/signal_test.go
index e5b21c7f532..27336cc1892 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/signal/signal_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/signal/signal_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ func TestSignal(t *testing.T) {
 	syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_KILL, uintptr(syscall.Getpid()), syscall.SIGHUP, 0)
 
 	if sig := (<-Incoming).(UnixSignal); sig != 1 {
-		t.Error("signal was %v, want %v", sig, 1)
+		t.Errorf("signal was %v, want %v", sig, 1)
 	}
 }