diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index 60f39f168d..59163cb66a 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ EOF
 
 # bats test_tags=ci:parallel
 @test "podman run --hostuser tests" {
-    skip_if_not_rootless "test whether hostuser is successfully added"
+    skip_if_not_rootless "--hostuser is only meaningful when rootless"
     user=$(id -un)
     run_podman 1 run --rm $IMAGE grep $user /etc/passwd
     run_podman run --hostuser=$user --rm $IMAGE grep $user /etc/passwd