diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
index adacca47abe6..75f85ab597bc 100755
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Logger:
         yield
         self.drain_log_queue()
         toc = time.time()
-        self.log("({:.2f} seconds)".format(toc - tic))
+        self.log("(finished: {}, in {:.2f} seconds)".format(message, toc - tic))
 
         self.xml.endElement("nest")