diff --git a/hypothesis-python/tests/nocover/test_duplication.py b/hypothesis-python/tests/nocover/test_duplication.py
index ff89a9978f..ce3557fca8 100644
--- a/hypothesis-python/tests/nocover/test_duplication.py
+++ b/hypothesis-python/tests/nocover/test_duplication.py
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ def test(b):
         test()
     except ValueError:
         pass
-    # There are three circumstances in which a duplicate is allowed: We replay
-    # the failing test once to check for flakiness, once when shrinking to normalize
-    # to the minimal buffer, and then we replay the fully minimized failing test
-    # at the end to display the error. The complication comes from the fact that
-    # these may or may not be the same test case, so we can see either two test
-    # cases each run twice or one test case which has been run three times.
-    assert set(counts.values()) in ({1, 2, 3}, {1, 4})
+    # There are two circumstances in which a duplicate is allowed: We replay
+    # the failing test once to check for flakiness, and then we replay the
+    # fully minimized failing test at the end to display the error. The
+    # complication comes from the fact that these may or may not be the same
+    # test case, so we can see either two test cases each run twice or one
+    # test case which has been run three times.
+    assert set(counts.values()) in ({1, 2}, {1, 3})
     assert len([k for k, v in counts.items() if v > 1]) <= 2