diff --git a/pgconn_test.go b/pgconn_test.go
index 53e3b9d8..ab8ae173 100644
--- a/pgconn_test.go
+++ b/pgconn_test.go
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ func TestConnectWithAfterConnectTargetSessionAttrsReadWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestConnPrepareFailure(t *testing.T) {
+func TestConnPrepareSyntaxError(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))