diff --git a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
index d40e26d5..0fcda13b 100644
--- a/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
+++ b/stream/mts/meta/meta_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	errNotExpectedOut = "Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v"
+	errNotExpectedOut = "Did not get expected out. \nGot : %v, \nwant: %v\n"
+	errUnexpectedErr  = "Unexpected err: %v\n"
+	errNotExpectedErr = "Not expected err: %v\n"
 )
 
 // TestAddAndGet ensures that we can add metadata and then successfully get it.
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ func TestUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	meta.Add(tstKey1, tstData3)
 
 	if data, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Did not expect err: %v", err.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
 		if data != tstData2 {
 			t.Errorf("Data did not correctly update for key \"loc\"")
 		}
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ func TestGetAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 
 	if _, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf("Did not get expected err: %v", errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -114,10 +116,10 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 	meta.Add(tstKey1, tstData1)
 	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Did not expect error: %v", err.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
 	}
 	if _, err := meta.Get(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf("Did not get expected err: %v", errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ func TestDelete(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDeleteAbsentKey(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := New()
 	if err := meta.Delete(tstKey1); err != errKeyAbsent {
-		t.Errorf("Did not get expected err: %v", errKeyAbsent.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errNotExpectedErr, errKeyAbsent.Error())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ func TestReadFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	tstStr := "loc=a,b,c\tts=12345"
 	got, err := ReadFrom([]byte(tstStr), "loc")
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Got unexpected error: %v", err.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
 	}
 	want := "a,b,c"
 	if got != want {
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ func TestReadFrom(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if got, err = ReadFrom([]byte(tstStr), "ts"); err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Got unexpected error: %v", err.Error())
+		t.Errorf(errUnexpectedErr, err.Error())
 	}
 	want = "12345"
 	if got != want {