diff --git a/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py b/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
index 1ba7832c47e6c..dc7421ea63464 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tslibs/test_parsing.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Tests for Timestamp parsing, aimed at pandas/_libs/tslibs/parsing.pyx
 """
 from datetime import datetime
+import re
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 import numpy as np
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ def test_parse_time_string():
 
 def test_parse_time_string_invalid_type():
     # Raise on invalid input, don't just return it
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    msg = "Argument 'arg' has incorrect type (expected str, got tuple)"
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=re.escape(msg)):
         parse_time_string((4, 5))
 
 
@@ -217,7 +219,8 @@ def test_try_parse_dates():
 
 def test_parse_time_string_check_instance_type_raise_exception():
     # issue 20684
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    msg = "Argument 'arg' has incorrect type (expected str, got tuple)"
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=re.escape(msg)):
         parse_time_string((1, 2, 3))
 
     result = parse_time_string("2019")