diff --git a/testing/code/test_source.py b/testing/code/test_source.py
index 3492761a..caba34b8 100644
--- a/testing/code/test_source.py
+++ b/testing/code/test_source.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def test_source_strip_multiline():
 def test_syntaxerror_rerepresentation():
     ex = py.test.raises(SyntaxError, py.code.compile, 'xyz xyz')
     assert ex.value.lineno == 1
-    assert ex.value.offset in (4,7) # XXX pypy/jython versus cpython?
+    assert ex.value.offset in (5, 7)  # pypy/cpython difference
     assert ex.value.text.strip(), 'x x'
 
 def test_isparseable():