1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/test/settings_tests.cpp b/src/test/settings_tests.cpp
index fa8ceb8dd6..41190b3579 100644
--- a/src/test/settings_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/settings_tests.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ReadWrite)
     // Check invalid json not allowed
     WriteText(path, R"(invalid json)");
     BOOST_CHECK(!common::ReadSettings(path, values, errors));
-    std::vector<std::string> fail_parse = {strprintf("Unable to parse settings file %s", fs::PathToString(path))};
+    std::vector<std::string> fail_parse = {strprintf("Settings file %s does not contain valid JSON. This is probably caused by disk corruption or a crash, "
+                                                     "and can be fixed by removing the file, which will reset settings to default values.",
+                                                     fs::PathToString(path))};
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(errors.begin(), errors.end(), fail_parse.begin(), fail_parse.end());
 }