diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
index a91ca029c3..d22728ec6d 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
@@ -428,12 +428,6 @@ test_gnc_date_string_to_monthformat (void)
     g_assert_cmpint (fmt, ==, 123);
 }
 
-/* There are some differences between distros in the way they name
- * locales, and this can cause trouble with the locale-based
- * formatting. If you get the assert in this function, run locale -a
- * and make sure that en_US, en_GB, and fr_FR are installed and that
- * if a suffix is needed it's in the suffixes array.
- */
 static void
 test_gnc_setlocale (int category, gchar *locale)
 {
@@ -463,6 +457,11 @@ test_gnc_setlocale (int category, gchar *locale)
         if (localeval != NULL)
             return;
     }
+    g_fprintf (stderr, "There are some differences between distros in the way they name"
+	      "locales, and this can cause trouble with the locale-based"
+	      "formatting. If you get the assert in this function, run locale -a"
+	      "and make sure that en_US, en_GB, and fr_FR are installed and that"
+	      "if a suffix is needed it's in the suffixes array.");
     g_assert_not_reached ();
 }
 /* timespec_normalize