diff --git a/regress/lib/libtls/verify/verifytest.c b/regress/lib/libtls/verify/verifytest.c
index 57aa992149f..9a5aa140762 100644
--- a/regress/lib/libtls/verify/verifytest.c
+++ b/regress/lib/libtls/verify/verifytest.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: verifytest.c,v 1.8 2023/05/28 09:02:01 beck Exp $	*/
+/*	$OpenBSD: verifytest.c,v 1.9 2026/05/30 16:55:09 jsing Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2014 Joel Sing <jsing@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -497,8 +497,9 @@ do_verify_test(int test_no, struct verify_test *vt)
 		goto done;
 	}
 	if (match != vt->want_match) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: test %i failed to match name '%s'\n",
-		    test_no, vt->name);
+		fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: test %i %s name '%s'\n",
+		    test_no, vt->want_match ? "failed to match" : "matched",
+		    vt->name);
 		goto done;
 	}