diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
index 7d63e8a3cddc42..8da39b269ad4a7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_email.py
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ def test_invalid_header_names(self):
                 for name, value in invalid_headers:
                     with self.subTest(
                             name=name,
-                            problem=name,
+                            description=value,
                             policy=thispolicy.__class__.__name__,
                             method=method,
                             ):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py b/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
index 651d9d027089b3..f933e04df00d08 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_email/test_message.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ def test_invalid_header_names(self):
                 for name, value in invalid_headers:
                     with self.subTest(
                             name=name,
-                            problem=name,
+                            description=value,
                             policy=thispolicy.__class__.__name__,
                             method=method,
                             ):