diff --git a/tests/test_reports_accrual.py b/tests/test_reports_accrual.py
index c477e06a2c19e357c7e512dfe973fb1ffc9a2c56..1df5f9036b4faada5089ffaecf86c85f62fd9518 100644
--- a/tests/test_reports_accrual.py
+++ b/tests/test_reports_accrual.py
@@ -684,10 +684,11 @@ def run_main(arglist, config=None, out_type=io.StringIO):
     errors.seek(0)
     return retcode, output, errors
 
-def check_main_fails(arglist, config, error_flags):
+def check_main_fails(arglist, config, expect_retcode):
+    if not isinstance(expect_retcode, int):
+        expect_retcode = cliutil.ExitCode[expect_retcode]
     retcode, output, errors = run_main(arglist, config)
-    assert retcode > 16
-    assert (retcode - 16) & error_flags
+    assert retcode == expect_retcode
     assert not output.getvalue()
     return errors
 
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ def test_main_aging_report(arglist):
     check_aging_ods(output, datetime.date.today(), recv_rows, pay_rows)
 
 def test_main_no_books():
-    errors = check_main_fails([], testutil.TestConfig(), 1 | 2)
+    errors = check_main_fails([], testutil.TestConfig(), 'NoConfiguration')
     testutil.check_lines_match(iter(errors), [
         r':[01]: +no books to load in configuration\b',
     ])
@@ -786,7 +787,7 @@ def test_main_no_books():
     ['-t', 'balance', 'entity=NonExistent'],
 ])
 def test_main_no_matches(arglist, caplog):
-    check_main_fails(arglist, None, 2)
+    check_main_fails(arglist, None, 'NoDataFiltered')
     testutil.check_logs_match(caplog, [
         ('WARNING', 'no matching entries found to report'),
     ])
@@ -795,7 +796,7 @@ def test_main_no_rt(caplog):
     config = testutil.TestConfig(
         books_path=testutil.test_path('books/accruals.beancount'),
     )
-    check_main_fails(['-t', 'out'], config, 16)
+    check_main_fails(['-t', 'out'], config, 'NoConfiguration')
     testutil.check_logs_match(caplog, [
         ('ERROR', 'unable to generate outgoing report: RT client is required'),
     ])