diff --git a/changelog/5634.bugfix.rst b/changelog/5634.bugfix.rst
index f4699919b..a2a282f93 100644
--- a/changelog/5634.bugfix.rst
+++ b/changelog/5634.bugfix.rst
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-``pytest.exit`` and ``bdb.BdbQuit`` are now correctly handled in ``unittest`` cases.
+``pytest.exit`` is now correctly handled in ``unittest`` cases.
+This makes ``unittest`` cases handle ``quit`` from pytest's pdb correctly.
diff --git a/testing/test_unittest.py b/testing/test_unittest.py
index 153b76a89..ec5f92e18 100644
--- a/testing/test_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/test_unittest.py
@@ -1085,4 +1085,4 @@ def test_exit_outcome(testdir):
     """
     )
     result = testdir.runpytest()
-    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines("*Exit: pytest_exit called*")
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*Exit: pytest_exit called*", "*= no tests ran in *"])