diff --git a/src/control/lib/support/log_test.go b/src/control/lib/support/log_test.go
index 1923db178def..02fc5ae70399 100644
--- a/src/control/lib/support/log_test.go
+++ b/src/control/lib/support/log_test.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestSupport_getRunningConf(t *testing.T) {
 		expResult string
 		expErr    error
 	}{
-		"default config is null if no engine is running": {
+		"default config is null if no engine is running - testing": {
 			engStart:  false,
 			expResult: "",
 			expErr:    errors.New("daos_engine is not running on server: exit status 1"),