diff --git a/testing/test_doctest.py b/testing/test_doctest.py
index 4ea2cc58e..196a5670e 100644
--- a/testing/test_doctest.py
+++ b/testing/test_doctest.py
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import _pytest._code
 from _pytest.doctest import DoctestItem, DoctestModule, DoctestTextfile
 import pytest
 
+PY36 = sys.version_info[:2] >= (3, 6)
+MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR = 'ModuleNotFoundError' if PY36 else 'ImportError'
+
+
 class TestDoctests:
 
     def test_collect_testtextfile(self, testdir):
@@ -211,8 +215,8 @@ class TestDoctests:
         # doctest is never executed because of error during hello.py collection
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
             "*>>> import asdals*",
-            "*UNEXPECTED*ImportError*",
-            "ImportError: No module named *asdal*",
+            "*UNEXPECTED*{e}*".format(e=MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR),
+            "{e}: No module named *asdal*".format(e=MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR),
         ])
 
     def test_doctest_unex_importerror_with_module(self, testdir):
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@ class TestDoctests:
         # doctest is never executed because of error during hello.py collection
         result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
             "*ERROR collecting hello.py*",
-            "*ImportError: No module named *asdals*",
+            "*{e}: No module named *asdals*".format(e=MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR),
             "*Interrupted: 1 errors during collection*",
         ])