diff --git a/tests/test-ssh.t b/tests/test-ssh.t
index ae157ca56cd5cc74d4adcefff24e7385a8ebb370_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zc2gudA==..e45780ac829283080ad6b5a5e064e59a163c08d6_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zc2gudA== 100644
--- a/tests/test-ssh.t
+++ b/tests/test-ssh.t
@@ -280,5 +280,7 @@
      test                      2:6c0482d977a3
 
 passwords in ssh urls are not supported
+(we use a glob here because different Python versions give different
+results here)
 
   $ hg push ssh://user:erroneouspwd@dummy/remote
@@ -283,6 +285,6 @@
 
   $ hg push ssh://user:erroneouspwd@dummy/remote
-  pushing to ssh://user:erroneouspwd@dummy/remote
+  pushing to ssh://user:*@dummy/remote (glob)
   abort: password in URL not supported!
   [255]