diff --git a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
index 0b16b7872..65dc626ab 100644
--- a/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
+++ b/freqtrade/plugins/pairlist/RemotePairList.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class RemotePairList(IPairList):
                 except Exception as e:
                     pairlist = self.init_check(f'Failed processing JSON data: {type(e)}')
             else:
-                pairlist = self.init_check(f'RemotePairList is not of type JSON: '
+                pairlist = self.init_check(f'RemotePairList is not of type JSON.'
                                            f' {self._pairlist_url}')
 
         except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
index b21763d47..9d407de9f 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_remotepairlist.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_fetch_pairlist_mock_response_html(mocker, rpl_config):
     remote_pairlist = RemotePairList(exchange, pairlistmanager, rpl_config,
                                      rpl_config['pairlists'][0], 0)
 
-    with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match='RemotePairList is not of type JSON, abort.'):
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException, match='RemotePairList is not of type JSON.'):
         remote_pairlist.fetch_pairlist()
 
 
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ def test_fetch_pairlist_timeout_keep_last_pairlist(mocker, rpl_config, caplog):
                                      rpl_config['pairlists'][0], 0)
 
     remote_pairlist._last_pairlist = ["BTC/USDT", "ETH/USDT", "LTC/USDT"]
-
+    remote_pairlist._init_done = True
+    pairlist_url = rpl_config['pairlists'][0]['pairlist_url']
     pairs, _time_elapsed = remote_pairlist.fetch_pairlist()
-    assert log_has(f"Was not able to fetch pairlist from: {remote_pairlist._pairlist_url}", caplog)
+
+    assert log_has(f'Error: Was not able to fetch pairlist from: ' f'{pairlist_url}', caplog)
     assert log_has("Keeping last fetched pairlist", caplog)
     assert pairs == ["BTC/USDT", "ETH/USDT", "LTC/USDT"]