diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index c1a23f100f..85239919fe 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -1381,9 +1381,10 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
   private async _expectInternal(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: FrameExpectParams, oneShot: boolean, timeout: number, lastIntermediateResult: { received?: any, isSet: boolean }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
-      if (oneShot)
+      if (oneShot) {
         progress.log(`${metadata.apiName}${timeout ? ` with timeout ${timeout}ms` : ''}`);
-      progress.log(`waiting for ${this._asLocator(selector)}`);
+        progress.log(`waiting for ${this._asLocator(selector)}`);
+      }
       return await this.retryWithProgressAndTimeouts(progress, [100, 250, 500, 1000], async continuePolling => {
         const selectorInFrame = await this.selectors.resolveFrameForSelector(selector, { strict: true });
         progress.throwIfAborted();
diff --git a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
index 9bb771858d..afdb8e8803 100644
--- a/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/expect-misc.spec.ts
@@ -341,3 +341,32 @@ test.describe('toBeInViewport', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('h1')).toBeInViewport();
   });
 });
+
+test('toHaveCount should not produce logs twice', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<select><option>One</option></select>');
+  const error = await expect(page.locator('option')).toHaveCount(2, { timeout: 2000 }).catch(e => e);
+  const waitingForMessage = `waiting for locator('option')`;
+  expect(error.message).toContain(waitingForMessage);
+  expect(error.message).toContain(`locator resolved to 1 element`);
+  expect(error.message).toContain(`unexpected value "1"`);
+  expect(error.message.replace(waitingForMessage, '<redacted>')).not.toContain(waitingForMessage);
+});
+
+test('toHaveText should not produce logs twice', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>hello</div>');
+  const error = await expect(page.locator('div')).toHaveText('world', { timeout: 2000 }).catch(e => e);
+  const waitingForMessage = `waiting for locator('div')`;
+  expect(error.message).toContain(waitingForMessage);
+  expect(error.message).toContain(`locator resolved to <div>hello</div>`);
+  expect(error.message).toContain(`unexpected value "hello"`);
+  expect(error.message.replace(waitingForMessage, '<redacted>')).not.toContain(waitingForMessage);
+});
+
+test('toHaveText that does not match should not produce logs twice', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent('<div>hello</div>');
+  const error = await expect(page.locator('span')).toHaveText('world', { timeout: 2000 }).catch(e => e);
+  const waitingForMessage = `waiting for locator('span')`;
+  expect(error.message).toContain(waitingForMessage);
+  expect(error.message).not.toContain('locator resolved to');
+  expect(error.message.replace(waitingForMessage, '<redacted>')).not.toContain(waitingForMessage);
+});