diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index 664882f78..68863d7b9 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@
                     <release-item>
                         <p>The <setting>--libc-only</setting> option has been changed to <setting>--build-only</setting> now that packages builds have been added.</p>
                     </release-item>
+
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Improved formatting of <code>testResult()</code> output.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-refactor-list>
             </release-test-list>
         </release>
diff --git a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/JobTest.pm b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/JobTest.pm
index 8b0766192..9b41f8948 100644
--- a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/JobTest.pm
+++ b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/JobTest.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use pgBackRest::FileCommon;
 use pgBackRestTest::Common::ContainerTest;
 use pgBackRestTest::Common::ExecuteTest;
 use pgBackRestTest::Common::ListTest;
+use pgBackRestTest::Common::RunTest;
 
 ####################################################################################################################################
 # new
diff --git a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/RunTest.pm b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/RunTest.pm
index 64eed2fa6..b3f87e4a4 100644
--- a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/RunTest.pm
+++ b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/RunTest.pm
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ sub testResult
             if (!waitMore($oWait))
             {
                 confess
-                    'expected ' . (defined($strExpected) ? "\"${strExpected}\"" : '[undef]') .
-                    " but actual was " . (defined($strActual) ? "\"${strActual}\"" : '[undef]');
+                    "expected:\n" . (defined($strExpected) ? "\"${strExpected}\"" : '[undef]') .
+                    "\nbut actual was:\n" . (defined($strActual) ? "\"${strActual}\"" : '[undef]');
             }
         }
         else