diff --git a/test/e2e/node/pods.go b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
index 864a1248468..a4cf9f3bf5e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/node/pods.go
+++ b/test/e2e/node/pods.go
@@ -379,12 +379,14 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pods Extended", func() {
 								switch {
 								case t.ExitCode == 1:
 									// expected
+								case t.ExitCode == 137 && (t.Reason == "ContainerStatusUnknown" || t.Reason == "Error"):
+									// expected, pod was force-killed after grace period
 								case t.ExitCode == 128 && (t.Reason == "StartError" || t.Reason == "ContainerCannotRun") && reBug88766.MatchString(t.Message):
 									// pod volume teardown races with container start in CRI, which reports a failure
 									framework.Logf("pod %s on node %s failed with the symptoms of https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/88766", pod.Name, pod.Spec.NodeName)
 								default:
 									data, _ := json.MarshalIndent(pod.Status, "", "  ")
-									framework.Logf("pod %s on node %s had incorrect final status:\n%s", string(data))
+									framework.Logf("pod %s on node %s had incorrect final status:\n%s", pod.Name, pod.Spec.NodeName, string(data))
 									return fmt.Errorf("pod %s on node %s container unexpected exit code %d: start=%s end=%s reason=%s message=%s", pod.Name, pod.Spec.NodeName, t.ExitCode, t.StartedAt, t.FinishedAt, t.Reason, t.Message)
 								}
 								switch {
@@ -425,7 +427,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Pods Extended", func() {
 							if !hasTerminalPhase {
 								var names []string
 								for _, status := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
-									if status.State.Terminated != nil || status.State.Running != nil {
+									if status.State.Running != nil {
 										names = append(names, status.Name)
 									}
 								}