Index: t/configure/043-verbose_step.t
===================================================================
--- t/configure/043-verbose_step.t	(revision 36238)
+++ t/configure/043-verbose_step.t	(working copy)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 $conf->options->set(%args);
 eval { $conf->runsteps(); };
 like($@,
-    qr/Argument to 'verbose-step' option must be comma-delimited.*?steps/,
+    qr/Argument to "verbose-step" option must be comma-delimited.*?steps/,
     "Got expected error message for bad value to --verbose-step"
 );
 
Index: t/configure/051-fatal_step.t
===================================================================
--- t/configure/051-fatal_step.t	(revision 36238)
+++ t/configure/051-fatal_step.t	(working copy)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 $conf->options->set( %{$args} );
 my $rv;
 eval { $rv = $conf->runsteps; };
-like($@, qr/^Argument to 'fatal-step' option/,
+like($@, qr/^Argument to "fatal-step" option/,
     "Got expected error message when value to --fatal-step option was misspecified");
 
 $conf->replenish($serialized);