diff --git a/packages/apps/kubernetes/tests/kubelet-reservation_test.yaml b/packages/apps/kubernetes/tests/kubelet-reservation_test.yaml
index ac0dc4864..ae9ba3546 100644
--- a/packages/apps/kubernetes/tests/kubelet-reservation_test.yaml
+++ b/packages/apps/kubernetes/tests/kubelet-reservation_test.yaml
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ tests:
             kubeReservedCpu: "banana"
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
-          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: invalid kubeReservedCpu value \"banana\" — must be a valid Kubernetes CPU quantity (e.g. 100m, 0.5, 1)"
+          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: invalid kubeReservedCpu value \"banana\" — must be a valid Kubernetes CPU quantity (integer millicores like 100m, or decimal cores like 0.5, 1)"
 
   - it: rejects invalid memory format for systemReservedMemory
     release:
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ tests:
             evictionSoftMemory: "200%"
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
-          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionHardMemory percentage must be between 1 and 100, got 150%"
+          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionHardMemory percentage must be greater than 0 and at most 100, got 150%"
 
   - it: rejects evictionSoftMemory percentage over 100
     release:
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ tests:
             evictionSoftMemory: "150%"
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
-          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionSoftMemory percentage must be between 1 and 100, got 150%"
+          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionSoftMemory percentage must be greater than 0 and at most 100, got 150%"
 
   - it: rejects evictionHardMemory percentage of zero
     release:
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ tests:
             evictionSoftMemory: "10%"
     asserts:
       - failedTemplate:
-          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionHardMemory percentage must be between 1 and 100, got 0%"
+          errorMessage: "nodeGroup md0: evictionHardMemory percentage must be greater than 0 and at most 100, got 0%"
 
   - it: rejects negative evictionHardMemory percentage
     release: