diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 93145942aa..ad76ac77cf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ with all sufficient information, see the ChangeLog file or Redmine
   * IO#pread  [Feature #4532]
   * IO#pwrite  [Feature #4532]
 
+* IOError
+
+  * exception message "stream closed" is changed  [Bug #13405]
+
 * Regexp
   * Update Onigmo 6.1.1.
     * Support absent operator https://github.com/k-takata/Onigmo/issues/82
diff --git a/test/lib/test/unit.rb b/test/lib/test/unit.rb
index 24a689c736..7357a62359 100644
--- a/test/lib/test/unit.rb
+++ b/test/lib/test/unit.rb
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ module Test
           rescue Errno::EPIPE
             died
           rescue IOError
-            raise unless ["stream closed","closed stream"].include? $!.message
+            raise unless /stream closed|closed stream/ =~ $!.message
             died
           end
         end
diff --git a/test/lib/test/unit/parallel.rb b/test/lib/test/unit/parallel.rb
index 50d4427189..a71db5f56a 100644
--- a/test/lib/test/unit/parallel.rb
+++ b/test/lib/test/unit/parallel.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module Test
         begin
           th.join
         rescue IOError
-          raise unless ["stream closed","closed stream"].include? $!.message
+          raise unless /stream closed|closed stream/ =~ $!.message
         end
         i.close
 
diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index c28f479b5a..c34565e9a1 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -4881,7 +4881,8 @@ Init_Thread(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "name=", rb_thread_setname, 1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cThread, "inspect", rb_thread_inspect, 0);
 
-    rb_vm_register_special_exception(ruby_error_stream_closed, rb_eIOError, "stream closed");
+    rb_vm_register_special_exception(ruby_error_stream_closed, rb_eIOError,
+				     "stream closed in another thread");
 
     cThGroup = rb_define_class("ThreadGroup", rb_cObject);
     rb_define_alloc_func(cThGroup, thgroup_s_alloc);