diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/ConsoleOnlyOptionsTests.fs b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/ConsoleOnlyOptionsTests.fs
index 943b491038505d1e1450729ab9f3f614855ad6fe..332c5cbdee77612a30e29fed36750b1e37a16337 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/ConsoleOnlyOptionsTests.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/ConsoleOnlyOptionsTests.fs
@@ -11,16 +11,21 @@ open TestDoubles
 [<Test>]
 [<Ignore "Failing in main, disabling until resolved">]
 let ``Help is displayed correctly`` () =
+    try
+        if System.Console.BufferWidth < 80 then
+            System.Console.BufferWidth <- 80
+    with _ -> ()
+
     let builder = getArbitraryTcConfigBuilder()
+    builder.showBanner <- false                 // We don't need the banner
+
     let blocks = GetCoreFscCompilerOptions builder
-    let expectedHelp = File.ReadAllText $"{__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__}/expected-help-output.txt"
 
+    let expectedHelp = File.ReadAllText $"{__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__}/expected-help-output.bsl"
     let help = GetHelpFsc builder blocks
 
-    // contains instead of equals
-    // as we don't control the 1st line of the output (the version)
-    // it's tested separately
-    StringAssert.Contains(expectedHelp, help.Replace("\r\n", Environment.NewLine))
+    let actualHelp = help.Replace("\r\n", Environment.NewLine)
+    Assert.AreEqual(expectedHelp, actualHelp, $"Console width: {System.Console.BufferWidth}\nExpected: {expectedHelp}\n Actual: {actualHelp}") |> ignore
 
 [<Test>]
 let ``Version is displayed correctly`` () =
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests.fsproj b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests.fsproj
index 81f470dcbcd8c73e1930818cf20111c32491d24c..30e2e9c933ca0921339d87c1661e381edb9e022a 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests.fsproj
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Include="expected-help-output.txt">
+    <Content Include="expected-help-output.bsl">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
     <Compile Include="..\fsharp\TestHelpers.fs" Link="TestHelpers.fs" />
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.txt b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.bsl
similarity index 98%
rename from tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.txt
rename to tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.bsl
index 7d787f6ceb45796cf12318639603ee103f1a5af9..6be21d85f3c84babdc4a3308568a1c0c81c2b5fd 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.txt
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Compiler.Service.Tests/expected-help-output.bsl
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
-
+
 
 		- OUTPUT FILES -
 --out:<file>                             Name of the output file (Short form:
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@
                                          run on: x86, x64, Arm, Arm64,
                                          Itanium, anycpu32bitpreferred, or
                                          anycpu. The default is anycpu.
+--compressmetadata[+|-]                  Compress interface and optimization
+                                         data files
 --nooptimizationdata                     Only include optimization
                                          information essential for
                                          implementing inlined constructs.