(PUP-3912) Rewrite expect to use: not_to raise_error

Previously these two tests had an expect for a nil return (which
the tests don't care about) and no expect for the lack of a raise
(which was the point of the test). So rewrite to be explicit
about what is expected, which also makes the tests in the 'describe'
block more obviously parallel.

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