diff --git a/test_requests.py b/test_requests.py
index 00cc3c10..2783a23b 100644
--- a/test_requests.py
+++ b/test_requests.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(TestSetup, unittest.TestCase):
 
 
     def test_path_is_not_double_encoded(self):
-        request = requests.Request("http://0.0.0.0/get/~test")
+        request = requests.Request("http://0.0.0.0/get/test case")
 
-        assert request.path_url == "/get/%7Etest"
+        assert request.path_url == "/get/test%20case"
 
     def test_HTTP_200_OK_GET(self):
         r = get(httpbin('/get'))