diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_util_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_util_test.go
index afff6d9a1e6..dce79beeb13 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_util_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/legacy-cloud-providers/gce/gce_util_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestLastIPInRange(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		_, c, err := net.ParseCIDR(tc.cidr)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("net.ParseCIDR(%v) = _, %v, %v; want nil", tc.cidr, c, err)
+			t.Errorf("can't parse CIDR %v = _, %v, %v; want nil", tc.cidr, c, err)
 			continue
 		}