diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
index f4d953c66..a03010787 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_modifying_xacts.out
@@ -185,12 +185,12 @@ INSERT INTO labs VALUES (6, 'Bell Labs');
 ERROR:  single-shard DML commands must not appear in transaction blocks which contain multi-shard data modifications
 COMMIT;
 -- but the DDL should correctly roll back
-\d labs
-     Table "public.labs"
+SELECT "Column", "Type", "Modifiers" FROM table_desc WHERE relid='public.labs'::regclass;
  Column |  Type  | Modifiers 
 --------+--------+-----------
  id     | bigint | not null
  name   | text   | not null
+(2 rows)
 
 SELECT * FROM labs WHERE id = 6;
  id | name 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_modifying_xacts.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_modifying_xacts.sql
index e5d9ddc71..233a64be7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_modifying_xacts.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_modifying_xacts.sql
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ INSERT INTO labs VALUES (6, 'Bell Labs');
 COMMIT;
 
 -- but the DDL should correctly roll back
-\d labs
+SELECT "Column", "Type", "Modifiers" FROM table_desc WHERE relid='public.labs'::regclass;
 SELECT * FROM labs WHERE id = 6;
 
 -- COPY can happen after single row INSERT