diff --git a/testing/example_scripts/dataclasses/test_compare_recursive_dataclasses.py b/testing/example_scripts/dataclasses/test_compare_recursive_dataclasses.py
index 98385379e..516e36e5c 100644
--- a/testing/example_scripts/dataclasses/test_compare_recursive_dataclasses.py
+++ b/testing/example_scripts/dataclasses/test_compare_recursive_dataclasses.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from dataclasses import field
 @dataclass
 class SimpleDataObject:
     field_a: int = field()
-    field_b: int = field()
+    field_b: str = field()
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/testing/test_assertion.py b/testing/test_assertion.py
index fcfcf430d..ae5e75dbf 100644
--- a/testing/test_assertion.py
+++ b/testing/test_assertion.py
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ class TestAssert_reprcompare_attrsclass:
         right = SimpleDataObject(OtherDataObject(1, "b"), "b")
 
         lines = callequal(left, right)
+        assert lines is not None
         assert "Matching attributes" not in lines
         for line in lines[1:]:
             assert "field_b:" not in line
@@ -908,8 +909,8 @@ class TestAssert_reprcompare_attrsclass:
         right = SimpleDataObject(OtherDataObject(1, "b"), "b")
 
         lines = callequal(left, right)
+        assert lines is not None
         assert "field_d: 'a' != 'b'" in lines
-        print("\n".join(lines))
 
     def test_attrs_verbose(self) -> None:
         @attr.s