diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_events.py b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
index 7ba629d275..a29bfd2499 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_events.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ class EventsRegisterTest(ZulipTestCase):
         # our enormous payload does get updated properly.  We
         # want the diff here to be developer-friendly, hence
         # the somewhat tedious code to provide useful output.
-        if state1 != state2:
+        if state1 != state2:  # nocoverage
             print('\n---States DO NOT MATCH---')
             print('\nEVENTS:\n')