diff --git a/src/command_metaschema.cc b/src/command_metaschema.cc
index 44e97cf5..af51e439 100644
--- a/src/command_metaschema.cc
+++ b/src/command_metaschema.cc
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ auto sourcemeta::jsonschema::cli::metaschema(
             sourcemeta::jsontoolkit::SchemaCompilerEvaluationMode::Fast,
             std::ref(output))) {
       log_verbose(options)
-          << entry.first.string()
-          << ": The schema is valid with respect to its metaschema\n";
+          << "ok: " << std::filesystem::weakly_canonical(entry.first).string()
+          << "\n  matches " << dialect.value() << "\n";
     } else {
       print(output, std::cerr);
-      std::cerr << entry.first.string()
-                << ": The schema is NOT valid with respect to its metaschema\n";
+      std::cerr << "fail: "
+                << std::filesystem::weakly_canonical(entry.first).string()
+                << "\n";
       result = false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/metaschema_pass_cwd.sh b/test/metaschema_pass_cwd.sh
index 7d647b8a..5a0d189d 100755
--- a/test/metaschema_pass_cwd.sh
+++ b/test/metaschema_pass_cwd.sh
@@ -21,4 +21,14 @@ cat << 'EOF' > "$TMP/schema_2.json"
 }
 EOF
 
-"$1" metaschema --verbose
+cd "$TMP"
+"$1" metaschema --verbose > "$TMP/output.txt" 2>&1
+
+cat << EOF > "$TMP/expected.txt"
+ok: $(realpath "$TMP")/schema_1.json
+  matches http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#
+ok: $(realpath "$TMP")/schema_2.json
+  matches http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#
+EOF
+
+diff "$TMP/output.txt" "$TMP/expected.txt"
diff --git a/test/metaschema_pass_single.sh b/test/metaschema_pass_single.sh
index 9244e4b2..a0c1f098 100755
--- a/test/metaschema_pass_single.sh
+++ b/test/metaschema_pass_single.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,9 @@ cat << 'EOF' > "$TMP/schema.json"
 }
 EOF
 
-"$1" metaschema "$TMP/schema.json"
+"$1" metaschema "$TMP/schema.json" > "$TMP/output.txt" 2>&1
+
+cat << EOF > "$TMP/expected.txt"
+EOF
+
+diff "$TMP/output.txt" "$TMP/expected.txt"