diff --git a/apps/wing/src/cli.ts b/apps/wing/src/cli.ts
index 51a468f2129..c88b4a9d5dc 100644
--- a/apps/wing/src/cli.ts
+++ b/apps/wing/src/cli.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ async function main() {
     .description(
       "Compiles a Wing program and runs all functions with the word 'test' or start with 'test:' in their resource identifiers"
     )
-    .argument("[entrypoint...]", "all files to test, globs are supported", ["**/*.w"])
+    .argument("[entrypoint...]", "all files to test (globs are supported)", ["*.w"])
     .addOption(
       new Option("-t, --target <target>", "Target platform")
         .choices(["tf-aws", "tf-azure", "tf-gcp", "sim", "awscdk"])
diff --git a/apps/wing/src/commands/test.ts b/apps/wing/src/commands/test.ts
index 544b16ea18c..a481d61ac06 100644
--- a/apps/wing/src/commands/test.ts
+++ b/apps/wing/src/commands/test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ export async function test(entrypoints: string[], options: TestOptions): Promise
 
   if (expandedEntrypoints.length === 0) {
     // Check if it's the default entrypoint
-    if (entrypoints[0] === "*.test.w") {
-      throw new Error("No '.test.w' files found in current directory.");
+    if (entrypoints[0] === "*.w") {
+      throw new Error("No '.w' files found in current directory.");
     }
     throw new Error("No matching files found in current directory.");
   }