diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
index fd1fb0cbdf..5aada7e495 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/reporters/html.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class HtmlReporter implements ReporterV2 {
     const shouldOpen = !this._options._isTestServer && (this._open === 'always' || (!ok && this._open === 'on-failure'));
     if (shouldOpen) {
       await showHTMLReport(this._outputFolder, this._host, this._port, singleTestId);
-    } else if (this._options._mode === 'test') {
+    } else if (this._options._mode === 'test' && !this._options._isTestServer) {
       const packageManagerCommand = getPackageManagerExecCommand();
       const relativeReportPath = this._outputFolder === standaloneDefaultFolder() ? '' : ' ' + path.relative(process.cwd(), this._outputFolder);
       const hostArg = this._host ? ` --host ${this._host}` : '';
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
index b56fb470ea..4f687f72fc 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/watch.spec.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,24 @@ test('should run tests on Enter', async ({ runWatchTest }) => {
   await testProcess.waitForOutput('Waiting for file changes.');
 });
 
+test('should not print show-report command of HTML reporter', async ({ runWatchTest }) => {
+  const testProcess = await runWatchTest({
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+      test('passes', () => {});
+    `,
+    'playwright.config.ts': `
+      import { defineConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+      export default defineConfig({ reporter: 'html' });
+    `,
+  });
+  await testProcess.waitForOutput('Waiting for file changes.');
+  testProcess.clearOutput();
+  testProcess.write('\r\n');
+  await testProcess.waitForOutput('Waiting for file changes.');
+  expect(testProcess.output).not.toContain('To open last HTML report run:');
+});
+
 test('should run tests on R', async ({ runWatchTest }) => {
   const testProcess = await runWatchTest({
     'a.test.ts': `