diff --git a/Lib/test/test_repr.py b/Lib/test/test_repr.py
index a139473fe668..4ded4846f635 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_repr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_repr.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def test_file(self):
 
     def test_lambda(self):
         self.failUnless(repr(lambda x: x).startswith(
-            "<function lambda"))
+            "<function <lambda"))
         # XXX anonymous functions?  see func_repr
 
     def test_builtin_function(self):