diff --git a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
index bc95da8a5f..99a1eaf332 100755
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ commit $head1
 .. (hinzugef${added_utf8_part_iso88591}gt) foo
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'prepare expected messages (for test %b)' '
+test_expect_success 'setup expected messages (for test %b)' '
 	cat <<-EOF >expected.utf-8 &&
 	commit $head3
 	This commit message is much longer than the others,
diff --git a/t/t6012-rev-list-simplify.sh b/t/t6012-rev-list-simplify.sh
index 7fc10f8593..fd202fcb94 100755
--- a/t/t6012-rev-list-simplify.sh
+++ b/t/t6012-rev-list-simplify.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ test_expect_success '--full-diff is not affected by --parents' '
 #
 # This example is explained in Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
 
-test_expect_success 'rebuild repo' '
+test_expect_success 'setup rebuild repo' '
 	rm -rf .git * &&
 	git init &&
 	git switch -c topic &&