diff --git a/tests/end2end/features/downloads.feature b/tests/end2end/features/downloads.feature
index dd256c80a..f83e75ebd 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/features/downloads.feature
+++ b/tests/end2end/features/downloads.feature
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Feature: Downloading things from a website.
         And I wait for "fetch: * -> drip" in the log
         And I run :tab-close
         And I wait for "Download drip finished" in the log
-        Then the downloaded file drip should contain 128 bytes
+        Then the downloaded file drip should be 128 bytes big
 
     Scenario: Downloading a file with spaces
         When I open data/downloads/download with spaces.bin without waiting
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ Feature: Downloading things from a website.
         And I run :download http://localhost:(port)/data/downloads/download2.bin --dest download.bin
         And I wait for "Entering mode KeyMode.yesno *" in the log
         And I run :prompt-accept no
-        Then the downloaded file download.bin should contain 1 bytes
+        Then the downloaded file download.bin should be 1 bytes big
 
     Scenario: Overwriting an existing file
         When I set storage -> prompt-download-directory to false
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Feature: Downloading things from a website.
         And I wait for "Entering mode KeyMode.yesno *" in the log
         And I run :prompt-accept yes
         And I wait until the download is finished
-        Then the downloaded file download.bin should contain 2 bytes
+        Then the downloaded file download.bin should be 2 bytes big
 
     @linux
     Scenario: Not overwriting a special file
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ Feature: Downloading things from a website.
         When I set storage -> prompt-download-directory to false
         And I run :download http://localhost:(port)/custom/twenty-mb
         And I wait until the download is finished
-        Then the downloaded file twenty-mb should contain 20971520 bytes
+        Then the downloaded file twenty-mb should be 20971520 bytes big
 
     Scenario: Downloading 20MB file with late prompt confirmation
         When I set storage -> prompt-download-directory to true
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Feature: Downloading things from a website.
         And I wait 1s
         And I run :prompt-accept
         And I wait until the download is finished
-        Then the downloaded file twenty-mb should contain 20971520 bytes
+        Then the downloaded file twenty-mb should be 20971520 bytes big
 
     Scenario: Downloading invalid URL
         When I set storage -> prompt-download-directory to false
diff --git a/tests/end2end/features/test_downloads_bdd.py b/tests/end2end/features/test_downloads_bdd.py
index aab5e2333..cb0388ea4 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/features/test_downloads_bdd.py
+++ b/tests/end2end/features/test_downloads_bdd.py
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ def download_should_exist(filename, tmpdir):
     assert path.check()
 
 
-@bdd.then(bdd.parsers.parse("The downloaded file {filename} should contain "
-                            "{size} bytes"))
+@bdd.then(bdd.parsers.parse("The downloaded file {filename} should be "
+                            "{size} bytes big"))
 def download_size(filename, size, tmpdir):
     path = tmpdir / 'downloads' / filename
     assert path.size() == int(size)