diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-vec-tail.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-vec-tail.rs
index f595d9d81cc6e..51e00a0ad2c3a 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-vec-tail.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-move-out-of-vec-tail.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn main() {
         [_, ref tail..] => {
             match tail {
                 &[Foo { string: a },
-                //~^ ERROR cannot move out of borrowed content
+                //~^ ERROR cannot move out of type `[Foo]`
                 //~| cannot move out
                 //~| to prevent move
                   Foo { string: b }] => {
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-vec-pattern-nesting.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-vec-pattern-nesting.rs
index d89b4100789f9..ae001e4e34d16 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-vec-pattern-nesting.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck/borrowck-vec-pattern-nesting.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn c() {
     let mut vec = vec!(box 1, box 2, box 3);
     let vec: &mut [Box<isize>] = &mut vec;
     match vec {
-        &mut [_a, //~ ERROR cannot move out of borrowed content
+        &mut [_a, //~ ERROR cannot move out
             //~| cannot move out
             //~| to prevent move
             ..
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12567.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12567.rs
index 32a6ea4f062cb..15d9a318d29ca 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12567.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-12567.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ fn match_vecs<'a, T>(l1: &'a [T], l2: &'a [T]) {
         (&[], &[]) => println!("both empty"),
         (&[], &[hd, ..]) | (&[hd, ..], &[])
             => println!("one empty"),
-        //~^^ ERROR: cannot move out of borrowed content
-        //~^^^ ERROR: cannot move out of borrowed content
+        //~^^ ERROR: cannot move out of type `[T]`, a non-copy array
+        //~^^^ ERROR: cannot move out of type `[T]`, a non-copy array
         (&[hd1, ..], &[hd2, ..])
             => println!("both nonempty"),
-        //~^^ ERROR: cannot move out of borrowed content
-        //~^^^ ERROR: cannot move out of borrowed content
+        //~^^ ERROR: cannot move out of type `[T]`, a non-copy array
+        //~^^^ ERROR: cannot move out of type `[T]`, a non-copy array
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/mir-dataflow/uninits-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/mir-dataflow/uninits-2.rs
index e0bf42534499c..94f812a40a9b5 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/mir-dataflow/uninits-2.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/mir-dataflow/uninits-2.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct S(i32);
 fn foo(x: &mut S) {
     // `x` is initialized here, so maybe-uninit bit is 0.
 
-    unsafe { *rustc_peek(&x) }; //~ ERROR rustc_peek: bit not set
+    unsafe { rustc_peek(&x) }; //~ ERROR rustc_peek: bit not set
 
     ::std::mem::drop(x);