diff --git a/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape-test.sh b/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape-test.sh
index 56894c2..7046ac3 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape-test.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape-test.sh
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ TRUNCATED
 out="$(run_report "$root")"
 assert_contains "truncated run: the truncation is reported"  "$out" '  completed cleanly: no'
 assert_absent   "truncated run: the short failure count is not a deviation" "$out" 'tests failed, the baseline is'
+# And the match line has to say what actually happened rather than repeat the baseline: PR #245's
+# advisory leg printed `failed: 4` three lines above `matches (5 expected, 5 failed)`.
+assert_contains "truncated run: the match line does not claim the baseline's failure count" "$out" \
+  '  baseline: matches (3 expected; 2 of 3 failed, on a run the abort truncated — not compared)'
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 5. The same short failure count on a run that finished IS a deviation.
diff --git a/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape.sh b/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape.sh
index 48c10af..e8805f2 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/e2e-report-shape.sh
@@ -297,7 +297,16 @@ if [ -n "$failed_names" ]; then
 fi
 if [ "$advisory" = "yes" ]; then
   if [ "${#deviations[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
-    echo "  baseline: matches ($baseline expected, $baseline failed)"
+    # Two spellings, because one of them would be a lie half the time. `$baseline expected,
+    # $baseline failed` is only true of a run that finished; on a truncated one `failed` is a
+    # tally of the tests that got to run before the framework died, and printing the baseline in
+    # its place claims a number nobody measured. Seen on PR #245's advisory leg, which reported
+    # `failed: 4` three lines above `matches (5 expected, 5 failed)`.
+    if [ "$failed" != "unknown" ] && [ "$failed" != "$baseline" ]; then
+      echo "  baseline: matches ($baseline expected; $failed of $baseline failed, on a run the abort truncated — not compared)"
+    else
+      echo "  baseline: matches ($baseline expected, $baseline failed)"
+    fi
   else
     printf '  baseline DEVIATION: %s\n' "${deviations[@]}"
   fi