diff --git a/hack/lib/test.sh b/hack/lib/test.sh
index 23a7563ff43..1fe6df65de3 100644
--- a/hack/lib/test.sh
+++ b/hack/lib/test.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ kube::test::describe_object_assert() {
 
   for match in "${matches[@]}"; do
     if grep -q "${match}" <<< "${result}"; then
+      echo "matched ${match}"
+    else
       echo "${bold}${red}"
       echo "$(kube::test::get_caller): FAIL!"
       echo "Describe ${resource} ${object}"
@@ -204,6 +206,8 @@ kube::test::describe_resource_assert() {
 
   for match in "${matches[@]}"; do
     if grep -q "${match}" <<< "${result}"; then
+      echo "matched ${match}"
+    else
       echo "${bold}${red}"
       echo "FAIL!"
       echo "Describe ${resource}"
diff --git a/test/cmd/get.sh b/test/cmd/get.sh
index a0c74b0eba1..d35d385cf8e 100755
--- a/test/cmd/get.sh
+++ b/test/cmd/get.sh
@@ -96,11 +96,7 @@ run_kubectl_get_tests() {
   # Post-condition: POD abc should error since it doesn't exist
   kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" 'pods "abc" not found'
   # Post-condition: make sure we don't display an empty List
-  if kube::test::if_has_string "${output_message}" 'List'; then
-    echo 'Unexpected List output'
-    echo "${LINENO} $(basename "$0")"
-    exit 1
-  fi
+  kube::test::if_has_not_string "${output_message}" 'List'
 
   ### Test kubectl get all
   output_message=$(kubectl --v=6 --namespace default get all --chunk-size=0 2>&1 "${kube_flags[@]}")