diff --git a/src/tests/best-practices.md b/src/tests/best-practices.md
index b6daffa66..d1378a849 100644
--- a/src/tests/best-practices.md
+++ b/src/tests/best-practices.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ place.
   If a test suite can
   randomly spuriously fail due to flaky tests, did the whole test suite pass or
   did I just get lucky/unlucky?
-- Flaky tests can randomly fail in full CI, wasting previous full CI resources.
+- Flaky tests can randomly fail in full CI, wasting precious resources.
 
 ## Compiletest directives