diff --git a/src/net/http/client_test.go b/src/net/http/client_test.go
index fc28c8ab58c..7c71da139a1 100644
--- a/src/net/http/client_test.go
+++ b/src/net/http/client_test.go
@@ -2128,15 +2128,17 @@ func testProbeZeroLengthBody(t *testing.T, mode testMode) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestClientTimeoutErrorWrapping(t *testing.T) { run(t, testClientTimeoutErrorWrapping) }
-func testClientTimeoutErrorWrapping(t *testing.T, mode testMode) {
+func TestClientTimeoutReturnsContextDeadlineExceeded(t *testing.T) {
+	run(t, testClientTimeoutReturnsContextDeadlineExceeded)
+}
+func testClientTimeoutReturnsContextDeadlineExceeded(t *testing.T, mode testMode) {
 	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(doneCh)
 	cst := newClientServerTest(t, mode, HandlerFunc(func(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
 		<-doneCh
 		w.WriteHeader(200)
 	}))
-	// simulate a timeout and check that the error is wrapped by using errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
+	// check that, upon exceeding Client.Timeout, the returned error is context.DeadlineExceeded.
 	cst.c.Timeout = 1 * time.Millisecond
 	req, _ := NewRequest("GET", cst.ts.URL, nil)
 	_, err := cst.c.Do(req)