diff --git a/test/functional/test_runner.py b/test/functional/test_runner.py
index 42e54fc578..3a825bda6d 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_runner.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_runner.py
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ def check_script_prefixes():
 def check_script_list(*, src_dir, fail_on_warn):
     """Check scripts directory.
 
-    Check that there are no scripts in the functional tests directory which are
-    not being run by pull-tester.py."""
+    Check that all python files in this directory are categorized
+    as a test script or meta script."""
     script_dir = src_dir + '/test/functional/'
     python_files = set([test_file for test_file in os.listdir(script_dir) if test_file.endswith(".py")])
     missed_tests = list(python_files - set(map(lambda x: x.split()[0], ALL_SCRIPTS + NON_SCRIPTS)))