diff --git a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_ticks.py b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_ticks.py
index cc23f5f3201da..c1621669bffd0 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_ticks.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_ticks.py
@@ -266,10 +266,15 @@ def test_tick_rdiv(cls):
     off = cls(10)
     delta = off.delta
     td64 = delta.to_timedelta64()
+    instance__type = ".".join([cls.__module__, cls.__name__])
+    msg = (
+        "unsupported operand type\\(s\\) for \\/: 'int'|'float' and "
+        f"'{instance__type}'"
+    )
 
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
         2 / off
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
         2.0 / off
 
     assert (td64 * 2.5) / off == 2.5
@@ -330,14 +335,20 @@ def test_compare_ticks_to_strs(cls):
     assert not off == "infer"
     assert not "foo" == off
 
+    instance_type = ".".join([cls.__module__, cls.__name__])
+    msg = (
+        "'<'|'<='|'>'|'>=' not supported between instances of "
+        f"'str' and '{instance_type}'|'{instance_type}' and 'str'"
+    )
+
     for left, right in [("infer", off), (off, "infer")]:
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             left < right
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             left <= right
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             left > right
-        with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
             left >= right