diff --git a/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py b/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py
index ec2dce753c6b5..4ccbbb7e18cb2 100644
--- a/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py
+++ b/pandas/io/tests/test_pytables.py
@@ -2421,8 +2421,13 @@ def test_string_select(self):
             expected = df[df.x == 'none']
             assert_frame_equal(result,expected)
 
+            print("bogus test")
+            print(df)
+            print(store)
             result = store.select('df',Term('x!=none'))
+            print(result)
             expected = df[df.x != 'none']
+            print(expected)
             assert_frame_equal(result,expected)
 
             df2 = df.copy()