diff --git a/test/mtime_timedelta_test.c b/test/mtime_timedelta_test.c
index a60c75042002330c917444fd47da8d883fe983ac..dd5aebec3b9c6b33aaf346b2f5b112ccc6366397 100644
--- a/test/mtime_timedelta_test.c
+++ b/test/mtime_timedelta_test.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ void assertGetTimeDeltaFromDateTime (const char* dt1_string, const char* dt2_str
 
 	char str[MAX_TIMEDELTA_STR_LEN];
 	timedeltaToString(&td, str);
-	ck_assert_msg(compareTimeDelta(&td, expected_td) == equal_to, "expected %s != %s returned", expected_td_string, str);
+	ck_assert_msg(compareTimeDelta(&td, expected_td) == equal_to, "base datetime %s expected %s != %s returned", dt2_string, expected_td_string, str);
 
 	deallocateDateTime(dt1);
 	deallocateDateTime(dt2);
@@ -961,7 +961,8 @@ void assertTimeDeltaToJulianDeltaToTimeDelta (const char* base_dt_string, const
 
 	char str[MAX_TIMEDELTA_STR_LEN];
 	timedeltaToString(&res_td, str);
-	ck_assert_msg(compareTimeDelta(td, &res_td) == equal_to, "base datetime %s\n original %s != %s returned",
+
+	ck_assert_msg(compareTimeDelta(td, &res_td) == equal_to, "base datetime %s original %s != %s returned",
 			base_dt_string, td_string, str);
 
 	//FIXME: Deallocate.