diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
index 7cb5af621450..4c688eb05b15 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_figure.py
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ def test_subplots_shareax_loglabels():
 
 def test_savefig():
     fig = plt.figure()
-    msg = "savefig() takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given"
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError, message=msg):
+    msg = r"savefig\(\) takes 2 positional arguments but 3 were given"
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=msg):
         fig.savefig("fname1.png", "fname2.png")