diff --git a/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go
index 9d4a8847c..06921ed62 100644
--- a/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go
@@ -494,11 +494,11 @@ func TestProvisioner_RemoteFileDefaultsToScriptnnnn(t *testing.T) {
 	remoteFileRegex := regexp.MustCompile("script_[0-9]{4}.sh")
 
 	if !remoteFileRegex.MatchString(p.config.RemoteFile) {
-		t.Fatalf("remote_file did not default to script_nnnn.sh")
+		t.Fatalf("remote_file did not default to script_nnnn.sh: %q", p.config.RemoteFile)
 	}
 
 	if !remoteFileRegex.MatchString(p.config.RemotePath) {
-		t.Fatalf("remote_path did not match script_nnnn.sh")
+		t.Fatalf("remote_path did not match script_nnnn.sh: %q", p.config.RemotePath)
 	}
 }