diff --git a/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish b/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
index 07e5ab887..dd1d98594 100644
--- a/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/tmux-job.fish
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ isolated-tmux capture-pane -p
 # CHECK: prompt 0> sleep 0.5 &
 # CHECK: prompt 0> echo hello
 # CHECK: fish: Job 1, 'sleep 0.5 &' has ended
-# CHECK: prompt 0> echo hello world
+# (I've seen this print " world", I guess it depends on tmux version and how big it thinks the terminal is)
+# CHECK: {{.*}} world
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/generic.py b/tests/pexpects/generic.py
index e0f79b475..01a01c24b 100644
--- a/tests/pexpects/generic.py
+++ b/tests/pexpects/generic.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ expect_prompt("echo stuff")
 
 # last history command should be the one that printed the history
 sendline("echo $history[1]")
-expect_prompt("echo \$history\[1\]")
+expect_prompt("echo \\$history\\[1\\]")
 
 # Backslashes at end of comments (#1255)
 # This backslash should NOT cause the line to continue