diff --git a/tests/test-blackbox.t b/tests/test-blackbox.t
--- a/tests/test-blackbox.t
+++ b/tests/test-blackbox.t
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ alias expansion is logged
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (5000)> add a
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (5000)> add a exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000+ (5000)> blackbox
-  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000+ (5000)> blackbox --config 'blackbox.dirty=True' exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
+  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000+ (5000)> blackbox --config *blackbox.dirty=True* exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (5000)> confuse
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (5000)> alias 'confuse' expands to 'log --limit 3'
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (5000)> confuse exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
diff --git a/tests/test-devel-warnings.t b/tests/test-devel-warnings.t
--- a/tests/test-devel-warnings.t
+++ b/tests/test-devel-warnings.t
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
   $ hg blackbox -l 9
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b (5000)> devel-warn: revset "oldstyle" uses list instead of smartset
   (compatibility will be dropped after Mercurial-3.9, update your code.) at: *mercurial/revset.py:* (mfunc) (glob)
-  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b (5000)> log -r 'oldstyle()' -T '{rev}\n' exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
+  1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b (5000)> log -r *oldstyle()* -T *{rev}\n* exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b (5000)> oldanddeprecated
   1970/01/01 00:00:00 bob @cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b (5000)> devel-warn: foorbar is deprecated, go shopping
   (compatibility will be dropped after Mercurial-42.1337, update your code.) at: $TESTTMP/buggylocking.py:* (oldanddeprecated) (glob)