diff --git a/src/cmd/go/test.go b/src/cmd/go/test.go
index 57b764586a..50de8f292c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/test.go
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ func coveragePercentage(out []byte) string {
 	// The string looks like
 	//	test coverage for encoding/binary: 79.9% of statements
 	// Extract the piece from the percentage to the end of the line.
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`coverage for [^ ]+: (.*)\n`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`coverage: (.*)\n`)
 	matches := re.FindSubmatch(out)
 	if matches == nil {
 		// Probably running "go test -cover" not "go test -cover fmt".
diff --git a/src/pkg/testing/cover.go b/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
index 4f66a0b792..22a5299b8f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
+++ b/src/pkg/testing/cover.go
@@ -89,5 +89,5 @@ func coverReport() {
 	if total == 0 {
 		total = 1
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("coverage for %s: %.1f%% of statements%s\n", testedPackage, 100*float64(active)/float64(total), coveredPackage)
+	fmt.Printf("coverage: %.1f%% of statements%s\n", 100*float64(active)/float64(total), coveredPackage)
 }