diff --git a/tests/test_hide.bats b/tests/test_hide.bats
index 002a3644..11da2fe4 100644
--- a/tests/test_hide.bats
+++ b/tests/test_hide.bats
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function teardown {
   secret_perm=$(ls -l "$encrypted_file" | cut -d' ' -f1)    
   file_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE" | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
-  # text sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
+  # text prefixed with '# ' and sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
   #echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3
 
   [ "$secret_perm" = "$file_perm" ]
diff --git a/tests/test_reveal.bats b/tests/test_reveal.bats
index 5f8ac672..b972f0d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_reveal.bats
+++ b/tests/test_reveal.bats
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function teardown {
   secret_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE".secret | cut -d' ' -f1)
   file_perm=$(ls -l "$FILE_TO_HIDE" | cut -d' ' -f1)
 
-  # text sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
+  # text prefixed with '# ' and sent to file descriptor 3 is 'diagnostic' (debug) output for devs
   #echo "# secret_perm: $secret_perm, file_perm: $file_perm" >&3    
 
   [ "$secret_perm" = "$file_perm" ]