diff --git a/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/datastructures/CircularArrayFixedSizeQueueTests.java b/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/datastructures/CircularArrayFixedSizeQueueTests.java
index 9ec19ce8d099f83ba8fa69228609dbb0a4d6b188..0c35790a1c1733aecedb285cf542ca8d34094030 100644
--- a/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/datastructures/CircularArrayFixedSizeQueueTests.java
+++ b/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/datastructures/CircularArrayFixedSizeQueueTests.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class CircularArrayFixedSizeQueueTests implements FixedSizeQueueTests {
       reference.add(reference.remove());
       assertEquals(reference.peek(), me.peek(),"return values of peek()s are not equal");
       assertEquals(reference.size(), me.size(), "size()s are not equal");
-      assertEquals(queueSize, me.capacity(), "capacity does not match expected value");
+      assertEquals(queueSize, me.capacity(), "capacity of a fixed size queue should not change");
       Iterator<Object> meItr = me.iterator();
       Iterator<Object> refItr = reference.iterator();
       while (meItr.hasNext()) {