diff --git a/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js b/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
index 20481af40..41ac3db87 100644
--- a/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/personal-message-manager-test.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('Personal Message Manager', function() {
   })
 
   describe('#normalizeMsgData', function() {
-    it('converts text to a utf8 buffer', function() {
+    it('converts text to a utf8 hex string', function() {
       var input = 'hello'
       var output = messageManager.normalizeMsgData(input)
       assert.equal(output, '0x00680065006c006c006f', 'predictably hex encoded')