diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_firecrawl_auth.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_firecrawl_auth.py
index d55394225c8..8b09b68f756 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_firecrawl_auth.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_firecrawl_auth.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class TestFirecrawlAuth:
         assert "timed out" in str(exc_info.value)
 
     def test_credential_timeout_bounds_connect_phase(self):
-        """Credential-validation timeout should bound the connect phase to 3.0s."""
+        """Test that the credential timeout bounds the connect phase to 3.0s"""
         from services.auth.firecrawl.firecrawl import _CREDENTIAL_TIMEOUT
 
         assert _CREDENTIAL_TIMEOUT.connect == 3.0
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class TestFirecrawlAuth:
 
     @patch("services.auth.firecrawl.firecrawl.httpx.post", autospec=True)
     def test_post_request_passes_credential_timeout_with_connect(self, mock_post: MagicMock):
-        """`_post_request` should forward the connect-bounded timeout to httpx.post."""
+        """Test that _post_request forwards the connect-bounded timeout to httpx.post"""
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
         mock_post.return_value = mock_response
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_jina_auth.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_jina_auth.py
index 3d877b4bf67..d59db486bb5 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_jina_auth.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_jina_auth.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class TestJinaAuth:
         assert "super_secret_key_12345" not in str(exc_info.value)
 
     def test_pooled_http_client_bounds_connect_phase(self):
-        """Pooled Jina client should have a 3.0s connect timeout on its Timeout object."""
+        """Test that the pooled Jina client has a 3.0s connect timeout"""
         from services.auth.jina.jina import _http_client
 
         assert _http_client.timeout.connect == 3.0
diff --git a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_watercrawl_auth.py b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_watercrawl_auth.py
index 40ec91acecc..51a18ac7a8c 100644
--- a/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_watercrawl_auth.py
+++ b/api/tests/unit_tests/services/auth/test_watercrawl_auth.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class TestWatercrawlAuth:
         assert "timed out" in str(exc_info.value)
 
     def test_credential_timeout_bounds_connect_phase(self):
-        """Credential-validation timeout should bound the connect phase to 3.0s."""
+        """Test that the credential timeout bounds the connect phase to 3.0s"""
         from services.auth.watercrawl.watercrawl import _CREDENTIAL_TIMEOUT
 
         assert _CREDENTIAL_TIMEOUT.connect == 3.0
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class TestWatercrawlAuth:
 
     @patch("services.auth.watercrawl.watercrawl.httpx.get", autospec=True)
     def test_get_request_passes_credential_timeout_with_connect(self, mock_get):
-        """`_get_request` should forward the connect-bounded timeout to httpx.get."""
+        """Test that _get_request forwards the connect-bounded timeout to httpx.get"""
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
         mock_get.return_value = mock_response