diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSDirAttrOp.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSDirAttrOp.java
index 8cd68a1b7b..44cf57a33b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSDirAttrOp.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestFSDirAttrOp.java
@@ -52,25 +52,25 @@ private boolean unprotectedSetTimes(long atime, long atime0, long precision,
   @Test
   public void testUnprotectedSetTimes() throws Exception {
     // atime < access time + precision
-    assertFalse("SetTimes should not update access time"
+    assertFalse("SetTimes should not update access time "
           + "because it's within the last precision interval",
         unprotectedSetTimes(100, 0, 1000, -1, false));
 
     // atime = access time + precision
-    assertFalse("SetTimes should not update access time"
+    assertFalse("SetTimes should not update access time "
           + "because it's within the last precision interval",
         unprotectedSetTimes(1000, 0, 1000, -1, false));
 
     // atime > access time + precision
-    assertTrue("SetTimes should store access time",
+    assertTrue("SetTimes should update access time",
         unprotectedSetTimes(1011, 10, 1000, -1, false));
 
     // atime < access time + precision, but force is set
-    assertTrue("SetTimes should store access time",
+    assertTrue("SetTimes should update access time",
         unprotectedSetTimes(100, 0, 1000, -1, true));
 
     // atime < access time + precision, but mtime is set
-    assertTrue("SetTimes should store access time",
+    assertTrue("SetTimes should update access time",
         unprotectedSetTimes(100, 0, 1000, 1, false));
   }
 }