diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
index fc33d753f787..3d4ee2b8f0bc 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ func TestAlterChangefeedAddTargetFamily(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
 
+	require.NoError(t, log.SetVModule("helpers_test=1"))
+
 	testFn := func(t *testing.T, s TestServer, f cdctest.TestFeedFactory) {
 		sqlDB := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(s.DB)
 		sqlDB.Exec(t, `CREATE TABLE foo (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b STRING, FAMILY onlya (a), FAMILY onlyb (b))`)
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/helpers_test.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/helpers_test.go
index 15add28b85cd..8a154ca5e933 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/helpers_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func readNextMessages(
 			return nil, ctx.Err()
 		}
 		if log.V(1) {
-			log.Infof(context.Background(), "About to read a message (%d out of %d)", len(actual), numMessages)
+			log.Infof(context.Background(), "about to read a message (%d out of %d)", len(actual), numMessages)
 		}
 		m, err := f.Next()
 		if log.V(1) {