diff --git a/spec/features/snippets/notes_on_personal_snippets_spec.rb b/spec/features/snippets/notes_on_personal_snippets_spec.rb
index 957baac02eb..c6ca89219bc 100644
--- a/spec/features/snippets/notes_on_personal_snippets_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/snippets/notes_on_personal_snippets_spec.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ describe 'Comments on personal snippets', :js, feature: true do
   end
 
   context 'when editing a note' do
+    # Matches `less than a minute ago`, `about a minute ago` and `N minutes ago`
+    let(:timeago_regex) { /((less than|about) a minute|\d+? minutes) ago/ }
+
     it 'changes the text' do
       page.within("#notes-list li#note_#{snippet_notes[0].id}") do
         click_on 'Edit comment'
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ describe 'Comments on personal snippets', :js, feature: true do
       page.within("#notes-list li#note_#{snippet_notes[0].id}") do
         expect(page).to have_css('.note_edited_ago')
         expect(page).to have_content('new content')
-        expect(find('.note_edited_ago').text).to match(/less than a minute ago/)
+        expect(find('.note_edited_ago').text).to match(timeago_regex)
       end
     end
   end