diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 4b30db8e7fc..d98e546298a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ def isTipcAvailable():
         for line in f:
             if line.startswith("tipc "):
                 return True
-    if test_support.debug:
+    if test_support.verbose:
         print "TIPC module is not loaded, please 'sudo modprobe tipc'"
     return False