diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index ff3e09dd9ad7..84c3cd888571 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-01-08  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	* g++.dg/diagnostic/thread1.C: Tweak expected error #line 13 to
+	cover target variance.
+
 2019-01-08  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR fortran/88611
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/thread1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/thread1.C
index a35d9975f2e0..a39fc6043f52 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/thread1.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/diagnostic/thread1.C
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ struct S
   ~S();
 };
 
-__thread S s __attribute__((unused));  // { dg-error "12:non-local variable .s. declared .__thread. has" }
+__thread S s __attribute__((unused));  // { dg-error "12:non-local variable .s. declared .__thread." }