diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py
index e904d21..29dc92d 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_interactiveshell.py
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class InteractiveShellTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         ip.run_cell('!(true)\n\n\n', False)
     
     def test_gh_597(self):
+        """Pretty-printing lists of objects with non-ascii reprs may cause
+        problems."""
         class Spam(object):
           def __repr__(self):
             return "\xe9"*50