diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/includes/factory.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/includes/factory.php
index c1ab1c2a0d..ac5410cf55 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/includes/factory.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/includes/factory.php
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ class TestFactoryFor extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 	public function test_create_creates_a_category() {
 		$id = $this->category_factory->create();
-		$this->assertTrue( (bool) get_term_by( 'id', $id, 'category' ) );
+		$this->assertInstanceOf( 'WP_Term', get_term_by( 'id', $id, 'category' ) );
 	}
 
 	public function test_get_object_by_id_gets_an_object() {
 		$id = $this->category_factory->create();
-		$this->assertTrue( (bool) $this->category_factory->get_object_by_id( $id ) );
+		$this->assertInstanceOf( 'WP_Term', $this->category_factory->get_object_by_id( $id ) );
 	}
 
 	public function test_get_object_by_id_gets_an_object_with_the_same_name() {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
index 737047bdd1..4cc0701097 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Tests_Term extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		}
 
 		foreach ( $posts as $post_id ) {
-			$this->assertTrue( (bool) wp_delete_post( $post_id ) );
+			$this->assertInstanceOf( 'WP_Post', wp_delete_post( $post_id ) );
 		}
 	}