diff --git a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue2001-2500.py b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue2001-2500.py
index 81b7afa87..ed1c89671 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue2001-2500.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/regression/test_issue2001-2500.py
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ from spacy.lang.en import English
 from ..util import add_vecs_to_vocab, get_doc
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(
-    reason="The dot is now properly split off, but the prefix/suffix rules are not applied again afterwards."
-           "This means that the quote will still be attached to the remaining token."
-)
+@pytest.mark.xfail
 def test_issue2070():
-    """Test that checks that a dot followed by a quote is handled appropriately."""
+    """Test that checks that a dot followed by a quote is handled
+    appropriately.
+    """
+    # Problem: The dot is now properly split off, but the prefix/suffix rules
+    # are not applied again afterwards. This means that the quote will still be
+    # attached to the remaining token.
     nlp = English()
     doc = nlp('First sentence."A quoted sentence" he said ...')
     assert len(doc) == 11