diff --git a/guix/scripts/environment.scm b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
index d86d30308..5c7d83881 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/environment.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/environment.scm
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ symbolic link from ~/.guix-profile to the environment profile."
         (symlink profile profile-dir))
       (lambda args
         (if (= EEXIST (system-error-errno args))
-            (leave (G_ "cannot link profile: path '~a' already exists within container~%")
+            (leave (G_ "cannot link profile: '~a' already exists within container~%")
                    profile-dir)
             (apply throw args))))))
 
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ message if any test fails."
       (when container? (assert-container-features))
 
       (when (and (not container?) link-prof?)
-        (leave (G_ "--link-prof cannot be used without --container~%")))
+        (leave (G_ "'--link-profile' cannot be used without '--container'~%")))
 
       (with-store store
         (set-build-options-from-command-line store opts)
diff --git a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
index d7c1b7057..df40ce03e 100644
--- a/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-environment-container.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,20 @@ grep -e "$NIX_STORE_DIR/.*-bash" $tmpdir/mounts # bootstrap bash
 
 rm $tmpdir/mounts
 
+# Make sure 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' is linked to '~/.guix-profile' when requested
+# within a container.
+(
+  linktest='(exit (string=? (getenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT")
+(readlink (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile"))))'
+
+  cd "$tmpdir" \
+     && guix environment --bootstrap --container --link-profile \
+             --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap --pure \
+             -- guile -c "$linktest"
+)
+
+# Check the exit code.
+
 abnormal_exit_code="
 (use-modules (system foreign))
 ;; Purposely make Guile crash with a segfault. :)
diff --git a/tests/guix-environment.sh b/tests/guix-environment.sh
index ba686816f..b44aca099 100644
--- a/tests/guix-environment.sh
+++ b/tests/guix-environment.sh
@@ -71,18 +71,6 @@ echo "(use-modules (guix profiles) (gnu packages bootstrap))
 guix environment --bootstrap --manifest=$tmpdir/manifest.scm --pure \
      -- "$SHELL" -c 'test -f "$GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/bin/guile"'
 
-# Make sure 'GUIX_ENVIRONMENT' is linked to '~/.guix-profile' when requested
-# within a container
-(
-  linktest='(exit (string=? (getenv "GUIX_ENVIRONMENT")
-(readlink (string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile"))))'
-
-  cd "$tmpdir" \
-     && guix environment --bootstrap --container --link-profile \
-             --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap --pure \
-             -- guile -c "$linktest"
-)
-
 # Make sure '-r' works as expected.
 rm -f "$gcroot"
 expected="`guix environment --bootstrap --ad-hoc guile-bootstrap \