diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/coercion-slice.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/coercion-slice.rs
index f50900883999ce1fdbb82ebb220e905260a4cc25..6b468ff96620d25bf0b667d9823d4ba70b5dc964 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/coercion-slice.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/coercion-slice.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ fn main() {
     let _: &[i32] = [0];
     //~^ ERROR mismatched types
     //~| expected type `&[i32]`
-    //~| found type `[i32; 1]`
+    //~| found type `[{integer}; 1]`
     //~| expected &[i32], found array of 1 elements
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/cross-borrow-trait.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/cross-borrow-trait.rs
index 975bc1300aae7bee390f1c0fafd58f15e46269dc..672ff464718f8b2a499f8bf8b8b433e92151ff66 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/cross-borrow-trait.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/cross-borrow-trait.rs
@@ -22,5 +22,4 @@ pub fn main() {
                         //~| expected type `&Trait`
                         //~| found type `Box<Trait>`
                         //~| expected &Trait, found box
-                        //~^^^^ ERROR E0277
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/dst-bad-coercions.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/dst-bad-coercions.rs
index 728b016b30fa57260c1ded318fe860b39db2ccaf..883c16b0895816076c8326de14e232ea9154ca74 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/dst-bad-coercions.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/dst-bad-coercions.rs
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ pub fn main() {
     let x: *const S = &S;
     let y: &S = x; //~ ERROR mismatched types
     let y: &T = x; //~ ERROR mismatched types
-                   //~^ ERROR E0277
 
     // Test that we cannot convert from *-ptr to &S and &T (mut version)
     let x: *mut S = &mut S;
     let y: &S = x; //~ ERROR mismatched types
     let y: &T = x; //~ ERROR mismatched types
-                   //~^ ERROR E0277
 
     // Test that we cannot convert an immutable ptr to a mutable one using *-ptrs
     let x: &mut T = &S; //~ ERROR mismatched types
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-13058.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-13058.rs
index df6675510ff2b853a34863ee0debc356acefbb9e..de578257e46848201f1421a7468aca877eb1846e 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-13058.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-13058.rs
@@ -36,5 +36,4 @@ fn check<'r, I: Iterator<Item=usize>, T: Itble<'r, usize, I>>(cont: &T) -> bool
 fn main() {
     check((3, 5));
 //~^ ERROR mismatched types
-//~| HELP try with `&(3, 5)`
 }