diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_quoting.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_quoting.py
index 6995965467d05..456dd049d2f4a 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_quoting.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_quoting.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             {"quotechar": None, "quoting": csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL},
             "quotechar must be set if quoting enabled",
         ),
-        ({"quotechar": 2}, '"quotechar" must be string, not int'),
+        ({"quotechar": 2}, '"quotechar" must be string( or None)?, not int'),
     ],
 )
 def test_bad_quote_char(all_parsers, kwargs, msg):