diff --git a/testing/path/common.py b/testing/path/common.py
index 274ced4..7945cd7 100644
--- a/testing/path/common.py
+++ b/testing/path/common.py
@@ -444,12 +444,14 @@ class CommonFSTests(object):
             from py._path.common import fspath
         assert fspath(path1) == path1.strpath

-    @py.test.mark.skip("sys.version_info < (3,6)")
+    @py.test.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3,6),
+                        reason="requires Python 3.6")
     def test_fspath_open(self, path1):
         f = path1.join('opentestfile')
         open(f)

-    @py.test.mark.skip("sys.version_info < (3,6)")
+    @py.test.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3,6),
+                        reason="requires Python 3.6")
     def test_fspath_fsencode(self, path1):
         from os import fsencode
         assert fsencode(path1) == fsencode(path1.strpath)