diff --git a/test/start.t b/test/start.t
index 316e9de8..e19ead7e 100755
--- a/test/start.t
+++ b/test/start.t
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TestStart(TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("Recorded bar foo", out)
 
     def test_single_interval_enclosing_exclusion(self):
-        """Add one interval that encloseѕ an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
+        """Add one interval that encloses an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
         self.t.configure_exclusions([(time(18, 5, 11), time(9, 11, 50)),
                                      (time(12, 22, 44), time(13, 32, 23))])
 
diff --git a/test/stop.t b/test/stop.t
index 000802fd..2b56fc44 100755
--- a/test/stop.t
+++ b/test/stop.t
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TestStop(TestCase):
         self.assertIn("The current interval does not have the 'four' tag.", err)
 
     def test_single_interval_enclosing_exclusion(self):
-        """Add one interval that encloseѕ an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
+        """Add one interval that encloses an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
         self.t.configure_exclusions([(time(18, 5, 11), time(9, 11, 50)),
                                      (time(12, 22, 44), time(13, 32, 23))])
 
diff --git a/test/track.t b/test/track.t
index df3dd274..bc930dcf 100755
--- a/test/track.t
+++ b/test/track.t
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class TestTrack(TestCase):
         self.assertClosedInterval(j[0], expectedTags=["foo"])
 
     def test_single_interval_enclosing_exclusion(self):
-        """Add one interval that encloseѕ an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
+        """Add one interval that encloses an exclusion, and is therefore flattened"""
         self.t.configure_exclusions([(time(18, 0, 0), time(9, 0, 0)),
                                     (time(12, 0, 0), time(13, 0, 0))])