diff --git a/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/strings.json
index 413681a9749..b6e63ee802e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/proxmoxve/strings.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   },
   "exceptions": {
     "cannot_connect": {
-      "message": "An error occurred while trying to connect to the Portainer instance: {error}"
+      "message": "An error occurred while trying to connect to the Proxmox VE instance: {error}"
     },
     "invalid_auth": {
       "message": "An error occurred while trying to authenticate: {error}"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
       "message": "An SSL error occurred: {error}"
     },
     "timeout_connect": {
-      "message": "A timeout occurred while trying to connect to the Portainer instance: {error}"
+      "message": "A timeout occurred while trying to connect to the Proxmox VE instance: {error}"
     }
   },
   "issues": {
diff --git a/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_binary_sensor.py b/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_binary_sensor.py
index fa427a6a46e..7b21f4ff46a 100644
--- a/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_binary_sensor.py
+++ b/tests/components/proxmoxve/test_binary_sensor.py
@@ -47,26 +47,11 @@ async def test_all_entities(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("exception"),
     [
-        (
-            AuthenticationError("Invalid credentials"),
-            "invalid_auth",
-        ),
-        (
-            SSLError("SSL handshake failed"),
-            "ssl_error",
-        ),
-        (
-            ConnectTimeout("Connection timed out"),
-            "connect_timeout",
-        ),
-        (
-            ResourceException,
-            "resource_exception",
-        ),
-        (
-            requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
-            "connection_error",
-        ),
+        (AuthenticationError("Invalid credentials")),
+        (SSLError("SSL handshake failed")),
+        (ConnectTimeout("Connection timed out")),
+        (ResourceException),
+        (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError),
     ],
     ids=[
         "auth_error",