--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py
@@ -5028,8 +5028,8 @@ class TestHDFStore(Base):
             with ensure_clean_path(self.path) as path:
                 with catch_warnings(record=True):
                     with pytest.raises(
-                        ValueError, msg=("cannot have non-object label "
-                                         "DataIndexableCol")):
+                        ValueError, message=("cannot have non-object label "
+                                             "DataIndexableCol")):
                         df.to_hdf(path, 'df', format='table',
                                   data_columns=True)