diff --git a/thefuck/rules/git_clone_missing.py b/thefuck/rules/git_clone_missing.py
index bc5c0986..760c9f3e 100644
--- a/thefuck/rules/git_clone_missing.py
+++ b/thefuck/rules/git_clone_missing.py
@@ -14,17 +14,23 @@ from six.moves.urllib import parse
 from thefuck.utils import which
 
 
-def match(command):
-    # We want it to be a URL by itself
-    if len(command.script_parts) != 1:
-        return False
-    # Ensure we got the error we expected
+def is_expected_error(command):
     if which(command.script_parts[0]) or not (
         'No such file or directory' in command.output
         or 'not found' in command.output
         or 'is not recognised as' in command.output
     ):
         return False
+    return True
+
+
+def match(command):
+    # We want it to be a URL by itself
+    if len(command.script_parts) != 1:
+        return False
+    # Ensure we got the error we expected
+    if not is_expected_error(command):
+        return False
     url = parse.urlparse(command.script, scheme='ssh')
     # HTTP URLs need a network address
     if not url.netloc and url.scheme != 'ssh':