diff --git a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests.sh
index 3065060d06..6d928eebc4 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/fetchlimit/tests.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ status=`expr $status + $ret`
 copy_setports ns3/named3.conf.in ns3/named.conf
 rndc_reconfig ns3 10.53.0.3
 
-echo_i "checking lame server clients are dropped near the soft limit"
+echo_i "checking lame server clients are dropped below the hard limit"
 ret=0
 fail=0
 exceeded=0
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ touch ans4/norespond
 for try in 1 2 3 4 5; do
     burst b $try 400
     $DIGCMD a ${try}.example > dig.out.ns3.$try
-    stat 380 || exceeded=`expr $exceeded + 1`
+    stat 400 || exceeded=`expr $exceeded + 1`
     grep "status: NOERROR" dig.out.ns3.$try > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
             success=`expr $success + 1`
     grep "status: SERVFAIL" dig.out.ns3.$try > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ echo_i "$success successful valid queries (expected 5)"
 [ "$success" -eq 5 ] || { echo_i "failed"; ret=1; }
 echo_i "$fail SERVFAIL responses (expected 0)"
 [ "$fail" -eq 0 ] || { echo_i "failed"; ret=1; }
-echo_i "clients count exceeded 380 on $exceeded trials (expected 0)"
+echo_i "clients count exceeded 400 on $exceeded trials (expected 0)"
 [ "$exceeded" -eq 0 ] || { echo_i "failed"; ret=1; }
 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then echo_i "failed"; fi
 status=`expr $status + $ret`