diff --git a/pkg/dmsg/TESTING.md b/pkg/dmsg/TESTING.md
index e4e894cbd2..5aac366cc5 100644
--- a/pkg/dmsg/TESTING.md
+++ b/pkg/dmsg/TESTING.md
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ Note that even though `messaging-discovery` is also considered to be an entity o
 
 **`self_dial_should_work`**
 
-- TODO
+- Given:
+  - clientA is connected to a server
+  - clientA dials himself
+- Then:
+  - clientA accept connections, transports are being created successfully
+  - clientA is able to write/read to/from transports without errors
 
 ### Fuzz testing
 
diff --git a/pkg/dmsg/server_test.go b/pkg/dmsg/server_test.go
index bfd236707a..fee908fc5c 100644
--- a/pkg/dmsg/server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dmsg/server_test.go
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ func TestServer_Serve(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("test client's self-dialing", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("self_dial_should_work", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// generate keys for the client
 		aPK, aSK := cipher.GenerateKeyPair()