diff --git a/lib/testing/generator/repository_generator.php b/lib/testing/generator/repository_generator.php
index 5d1a9721789..e190a590bb9 100644
--- a/lib/testing/generator/repository_generator.php
+++ b/lib/testing/generator/repository_generator.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class testing_repository_generator extends component_generator_base {
         $record = $this->prepare_type_record($record);
         foreach ($typeoptions as $option) {
             if (!isset($record[$option])) {
-                throw new coding_exception("$option must be present in testing::create_repository_type() $record");
+                throw new coding_exception("$option must be present in testing::create_repository_type() for $type");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/repository/boxnet/tests/generator/lib.php b/repository/boxnet/tests/generator/lib.php
index 82308ed1cf9..6c45fe0a5df 100644
--- a/repository/boxnet/tests/generator/lib.php
+++ b/repository/boxnet/tests/generator/lib.php
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ class repository_boxnet_generator extends testing_repository_generator {
      */
     protected function prepare_type_record(array $record) {
         $record = parent::prepare_type_record($record);
-        if (!isset($record['api_key'])) {
-            $record['api_key'] = 'api_key';
+        if (!isset($record['clientid'])) {
+            $record['clientid'] = 'clientid';
+        }
+        if (!isset($record['clientsecret'])) {
+            $record['clientsecret'] = 'clientsecret';
         }
         return $record;
     }