diff --git a/tests/model_package/tests.py b/tests/model_package/tests.py
index 0105f1bd217..2ac617f8807 100644
--- a/tests/model_package/tests.py
+++ b/tests/model_package/tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
-from django.db import models
+from django.db import models, connection
+from django.db.backends.utils import truncate_name
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from .models.publication import Publication
@@ -14,14 +15,16 @@ class Advertisement(models.Model):
 
 
 class ModelPackageTests(TestCase):
-    def test_model_packages(self):
+    def test_m2m_tables_in_subpackage_models(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #12168: models split into subpackages still get M2M
+        tables.
+        """
         p = Publication.objects.create(title="FooBar")
 
         current_site = Site.objects.get_current()
         self.assertEqual(current_site.domain, "example.com")
 
-        # Regression for #12168: models split into subpackages still get M2M
-        # tables
         a = Article.objects.create(headline="a foo headline")
         a.publications.add(p)
         a.sites.add(current_site)
@@ -30,16 +33,23 @@ class ModelPackageTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(a.id, a.pk)
         self.assertEqual(a.sites.count(), 1)
 
-        # Regression for #12245 - Models can exist in the test package, too
+    def test_models_in_the_test_package(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #12245 - Models can exist in the test package, too.
+        """
+        p = Publication.objects.create(title="FooBar")
         ad = Advertisement.objects.create(customer="Lawrence Journal-World")
         ad.publications.add(p)
 
         ad = Advertisement.objects.get(id=ad.pk)
         self.assertEqual(ad.publications.count(), 1)
 
-        # Regression for #12386 - field names on the autogenerated intermediate
-        # class that are specified as dotted strings don't retain any path
-        # component for the field or column name
+    def test_automatic_m2m_column_names(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #12386 - field names on the autogenerated intermediate
+        class that are specified as dotted strings don't retain any path
+        component for the field or column name.
+        """
         self.assertEqual(
             Article.publications.through._meta.fields[1].name, 'article'
         )
@@ -55,9 +65,9 @@ class ModelPackageTests(TestCase):
             ('publication_id', 'publication_id')
         )
 
-        # The oracle backend truncates the name to 'model_package_article_publ233f'.
-        self.assertTrue(
-            Article._meta.get_field('publications').m2m_db_table() in ('model_package_article_publications', 'model_package_article_publ233f')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Article._meta.get_field('publications').m2m_db_table(),
+            truncate_name('model_package_article_publications', connection.ops.max_name_length()),
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(