diff --git a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_create_alias.py b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_create_alias.py
index 6f6881860..99590a631 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_create_alias.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/test/cli/test_create_alias.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from allmydata.util import fileutil
 from allmydata.scripts.common import get_aliases
 from allmydata.scripts import cli, runner
 from ..no_network import GridTestMixin
-from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output
+from allmydata.util.encodingutil import quote_output_u
 from .common import CLITestMixin
 
 class CreateAlias(GridTestMixin, CLITestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class CreateAlias(GridTestMixin, CLITestMixin, unittest.TestCase):
             (rc, out, err) = args
             self.failUnlessReallyEqual(rc, 0)
             self.assertEqual(len(err), 0, err)
-            self.failUnlessIn(u"Alias %s created" % ensure_text(quote_output(etudes_arg)), out)
+            self.failUnlessIn(u"Alias %s created" % (quote_output_u(etudes_arg),), out)
 
             aliases = get_aliases(self.get_clientdir())
             self.failUnless(aliases[u"\u00E9tudes"].startswith(b"URI:DIR2:"))