diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/gnu-notes.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/gnu-notes.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/gnu-notes.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/gnu-notes.test
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 # LLVM-NEXT:   }
 # LLVM-NEXT: ]
 
-## Note: there is no "Name: .note.gnu.build-id" assertion here because it is stripped.
+## Note: there is no "Name: .note.gnu.build-id" assertion here because the
+## section header table is not present.
 # LLVM-STRIPPED:      Notes [
 # LLVM-STRIPPED-NEXT:   NoteSection {
 # LLVM-STRIPPED-NEXT:     Offset: 0x78
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@
 # LLVM-STRIPPED-NEXT:   }
 # LLVM-STRIPPED-NEXT: ]
 
-## Note: offset and length printed instead of "found in: .note.gnu.build-id" because it is stripped.
+## Note: offset and length printed instead of "found in: .note.gnu.build-id"
+## because the section header table is not present.
 #      GNU-STRIPPED:Displaying notes found at file offset 0x00000078 with length 0x00000020:
 # GNU-STRIPPED-NEXT:  Owner                Data size 	Description
 # GNU-STRIPPED-NEXT:  GNU                  0x00000010	NT_GNU_BUILD_ID (unique build ID bitstring)