diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
index 50714b7b04..afef6a7389 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/models.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ __test__ = {'API_TESTS': """
 # Try to load fixture 2 using format discovery; this will fail
 # because there are two fixture2's in the fixtures directory 
 >>> management.load_data(['fixture2'], verbosity=0) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS
-Multiple fixtures named 'fixture2' in '.../fixtures'. Aborting.
+Multiple fixtures named 'fixture2' in '...fixtures'. Aborting.
 
 >>> Article.objects.all()
 [<Article: Time to reform copyright>, <Article: Poker has no place on ESPN>, <Article: Python program becomes self aware>]