diff --git a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_boolean.py b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_boolean.py
index cb9b07db4a0df..d14d6f3ff0c41 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/arrays/test_boolean.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/arrays/test_boolean.py
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def test_to_boolean_array_missing_indicators(a, b):
 )
 def test_to_boolean_array_error(values):
     # error in converting existing arrays to BooleanArray
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    msg = "Need to pass bool-like value"
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
         pd.array(values, dtype="boolean")