1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/optional/capi/thread_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/optional/capi/thread_spec.rb
index 0ca701e35d..ab3d609bcf 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/optional/capi/thread_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/optional/capi/thread_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe "C-API Thread function" do
   end
 
   describe "rb_thread_wait_for" do
-    it "sleeps the current thread for the give ammount of time" do
+    it "sleeps the current thread for the give amount of time" do
       start = Time.now
       @t.rb_thread_wait_for(0, 100_000)
       (Time.now - start).should be_close(0.1, 0.2)
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ describe "C-API Thread function" do
     end
 
     it "handles throwing an exception in the thread" do
-      proc = lambda { |x| raise "my error" }
-      thr = @t.rb_thread_create(proc, nil)
+      prc = lambda { |x|
+        Thread.current.report_on_exception = false
+        raise "my error"
+      }
+      thr = @t.rb_thread_create(prc, nil)
       thr.should be_kind_of(Thread)
 
       lambda {