diff --git a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_202.txt b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_202.txt
index ee240c2ac2..fd4a191a45 100644
--- a/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_202.txt
+++ b/tools/h5diff/testfiles/h5diff_202.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-</g2/dset2> is of class H5T_FLOAT and </g2/dset3> is of class H5T_INTEGER
+Not comparable: </g2/dset2> is of class H5T_FLOAT and </g2/dset3> is of class H5T_INTEGER
 Not comparable: </g2/dset2> has sign H5T_SGN_ERROR and </g2/dset3> has sign H5T_SGN_2
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5diff_dset.c b/tools/lib/h5diff_dset.c
index 0f53192242..bbfa351723 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5diff_dset.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5diff_dset.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ int diff_can_type( hid_t       f_tid1, /* file data type */
                 
             {
                 
-                parallel_print("<%s> is of class %s and <%s> is of class %s\n",
+                parallel_print("Not comparable: <%s> is of class %s and <%s> is of class %s\n",
                     obj1_name, get_class(tclass1),
                     obj2_name, get_class(tclass2) );