diff --git a/features/actor_loading.feature b/features/actor_loading.feature
index ef92b6df6..514aea06e 100644
--- a/features/actor_loading.feature
+++ b/features/actor_loading.feature
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ Feature: Actor registry and loader
       | ana.yaml        | assistants/analyzer  | llm  | gpt-4  |
     When I create an actor loader with that directory as search root
     And I run discovery
-    Then listing actors with namespace "assistants" should return 2 actors
-    And listing actors with namespace "utilities" should return 1 actors
+    Then listing loaded actors with namespace "assistants" should return 2 actors
+    And listing loaded actors with namespace "utilities" should return 1 actors
 
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diff --git a/features/steps/actor_loading_steps.py b/features/steps/actor_loading_steps.py
index c5ba66335..f895af676 100644
--- a/features/steps/actor_loading_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/actor_loading_steps.py
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ def step_then_get_none(context: Context, name: str) -> None:
     assert config is None, f"Expected None for '{name}', got {config}"
 
 
-@then('listing actors with namespace "{namespace}" should return {count:d} actors')
+@then(
+    'listing loaded actors with namespace "{namespace}" should return {count:d} actors'
+)
 def step_then_list_by_namespace(context: Context, namespace: str, count: int) -> None:
     loader: ActorLoader = context._loader
     actors = loader.list_actors(namespace=namespace)