diff --git a/tests/test_encodingdb.py b/tests/test_encodingdb.py
index 82c0282..bfd2a87 100644
--- a/tests/test_encodingdb.py
+++ b/tests/test_encodingdb.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_name2unicode_uni_with_sequence_of_digits_lowercase():
 
 
 def test_name2unicode_uni_empty_string():
-    """The name "uni20ac" has a single component, which is mapped to a €.
+    """The name "uni20ac" has a single component, which is mapped to a euro-sign.
 
     According to the specification this should be mapped to an empty string, but we also want to support lowercase
     hexadecimals