diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnEmpty.php
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
  *   - process: Prevents further processing of the input property when the value
  *     is empty.
  * - message: (optional) A message to be logged in the {migrate_message_*} table
- *   for this row. Logging a message has effect only for 'row' method. If is
- *   missed, nothing is logged in the message table.
+ *   for this row. Messages are only logged for the 'row' skip level. If not
+ *   set, nothing is logged in the message table.
  *
  * Examples:
  *
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  *     message: 'Field field_name is missed'
  * @endcode
  *
- * If field_name is empty, skips the entire row and log 'Field field_name is
+ * If field_name is empty, skips the entire row and logs 'Field field_name is
  * missed' in the message table.
  *
  * @code
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowIfNotSet.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowIfNotSet.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowIfNotSet.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipRowIfNotSet.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * @endcode
  *
  * This will return $data['contact'] if it exists. Otherwise, the row will be
- * skipped and the "Missed the 'data' key" will be registered.
+ * skipped and the message "Missed the 'data' key" will be logged.
  *
  * @see \Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateProcessInterface
  *
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnEmptyTest.php
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 
   /**
    * @covers ::process
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipProcessException
    */
   public function testProcessSkipsOnEmpty() {
     $configuration['method'] = 'process';
     (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
       ->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->setExpectedException(\Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipProcessException);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
 
   /**
    * @covers ::row
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException
    */
   public function testRowSkipsOnEmpty() {
     $configuration['method'] = 'row';
     (new SkipOnEmpty($configuration, 'skip_on_empty', []))
       ->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->setExpectedException(\Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException);
   }
 
   /**
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipRowIfNotSetTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipRowIfNotSetTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipRowIfNotSetTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipRowIfNotSetTest.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
    * Tests that a skip row exception without a message is raised.
    *
    * @covers ::transform
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException
    * @expectedExceptionMessage
    */
   public function testRowSkipWithoutMessage() {
@@ -25,13 +24,13 @@
     ];
     $process = new SkipRowIfNotSet($configuration, 'skip_row_if_not_set', []);
     $process->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->setExpectedException(\Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException);
   }
 
   /**
    * Tests that a skip row exception with a message is raised.
    *
    * @covers ::transform
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException
    * @expectedExceptionMessage The 'some_key' key is not set
    */
   public function testRowSkipWithMessage() {
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@
     ];
     $process = new SkipRowIfNotSet($configuration, 'skip_row_if_not_set', []);
     $process->transform('', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->setExpectedException(\Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException);
   }
 
 }