diff --git a/browserid/tests/db-test.js b/browserid/tests/db-test.js
index de11f05b876d18f635b05b03534df3b30a0f1a66..f83bde7a6a75f63074dbd573be523aa6668cbff6 100755
--- a/browserid/tests/db-test.js
+++ b/browserid/tests/db-test.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ function addTestsForDriver(driver) {
         topic: function() { db.open({driver: driver, unit_test: true}, this.callback) },
         "accepting connections": function(err) {
           if (err) {
-            console.log("SKIPPING MYSQL TESTING: I cannot connect to the mysql database (" + err.message + ")");
+            console.log("MYSQL TESTS WILL FAIL cause cannot connect to a local mysql database (" + err.message + ")");
           }
         },
         "connection closes": {