diff --git a/test/smoke/src/areas/localization.ts b/test/smoke/src/areas/localization.ts
index d06b6c8bad675879d632a70292a51544b2bcd6e2..9012175280715fd6f8d71220ac126f0ec2e65592 100644
--- a/test/smoke/src/areas/localization.ts
+++ b/test/smoke/src/areas/localization.ts
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ export class Localization {
 		try {
 			return this.spectron.client.getAttribute('div[id="workbench.view.extensions"] .search-box', 'placeholder');
 		} catch (e) {
-			return Promise.reject('Failed to add attribute for extensi');
+			return Promise.reject('Failed to get extension viewlet search box placeholder.');
 		}
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}