diff --git a/lldb/test/lldbtest.py b/lldb/test/lldbtest.py
index 43fd54e7b645b18d08ff668a061bb8a24a3cf62d..3954b56049ac75939cf435b403b6d3ce21f2ee8e 100644
--- a/lldb/test/lldbtest.py
+++ b/lldb/test/lldbtest.py
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ class TestBase(unittest2.TestCase):
 
             with recording(self, trace) as sbuf:
                 print >> sbuf, "runCmd:", cmd
+                if not check:
+                    print >> sbuf, "checking of return status not required"
                 if self.res.Succeeded():
                     print >> sbuf, "output:", self.res.GetOutput()
                 else: