diff --git a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_goversion.txt b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_goversion.txt
index a92eb73d27..9e3618a218 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_goversion.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/go/testdata/script/mod_vendor_goversion.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ go mod vendor
 ! grep 1.17 vendor/modules.txt
 ! go build example.net/need117
 stderr '^vendor[/\\]example\.net[/\\]need117[/\\]need117.go:5:1[89]:'
-stderr 'conversion of slices to array pointers only supported as of -lang=go1\.17'
+stderr 'conversion of slices to array pointers requires go1\.17 or later'
 
 ! grep 1.13 vendor/modules.txt
 go build example.net/bad114
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue49368.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue49368.go
index 2339048e3d..4cbf351ae0 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/issue49368.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue49368.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// errorcheck -lang=go1.17
+// errorcheck -G=3 -lang=go1.17
 
 // Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style