diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strftime.py b/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
index f5689709138..1fa03f26bb8 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strftime.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def strftest(now):
 	except ValueError, result:
 	    if verbose:
 		print "Error for nonstandard '%s' format (%s): %s" % \
-		      (e[0], e[2], str(error))
+		      (e[0], e[2], str(result))
 	    continue
 	if result == e[1]:
 	    if verbose: