diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
index 20c42b7f68..e13a3f7d71 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ export class Locator implements api.Locator {
     await this._frame._channel.waitForSelector({ selector: this._selector, strict: true, omitReturnValue: true, ...options });
   }
 
-  async _expect(customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace, expression: string, options: Omit<FrameExpectOptions, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[] }> {
+  async _expect(customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace, expression: string, options: Omit<FrameExpectOptions, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }> {
     return this._frame._wrapApiCall(async () => {
       const params: channels.FrameExpectParams = { selector: this._selector, expression, ...options, isNot: !!options.isNot };
       params.expectedValue = serializeArgument(options.expectedValue);
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
index fc69fe086b..8fc6afbd6d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -1581,6 +1581,7 @@ scheme.FrameExpectParams = tObject({
 scheme.FrameExpectResult = tObject({
   matches: tBoolean,
   received: tOptional(tType('SerializedValue')),
+  timedOut: tOptional(tBoolean),
   log: tOptional(tArray(tString)),
 });
 scheme.WorkerInitializer = tObject({
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
index 553ae51e5f..bd288ed04d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     });
   }
 
-  async expect(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: FrameExpectParams): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[] }> {
+  async expect(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: FrameExpectParams): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
     const isArray = options.expression === 'to.have.count' || options.expression.endsWith('.array');
     const mainWorld = options.expression === 'to.have.property';
@@ -1418,7 +1418,13 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
       // A: We want user to receive a friendly message containing the last intermediate result.
       if (js.isJavaScriptErrorInEvaluate(e) || isInvalidSelectorError(e))
         throw e;
-      return { received: controller.lastIntermediateResult(), matches: options.isNot, log: metadata.log };
+      const result: { matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean } = { matches: options.isNot, log: metadata.log };
+      const intermediateResult = controller.lastIntermediateResult();
+      if (intermediateResult)
+        result.received = intermediateResult.value;
+      else
+        result.timedOut = true;
+      return result;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/progress.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/progress.ts
index 61caf732f0..6ae335f079 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/progress.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/progress.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class ProgressController {
   private _state: 'before' | 'running' | 'aborted' | 'finished' = 'before';
   private _deadline: number = 0;
   private _timeout: number = 0;
-  private _lastIntermediateResult: any;
+  private _lastIntermediateResult: { value: any } | undefined;
   readonly metadata: CallMetadata;
   readonly instrumentation: Instrumentation;
   readonly sdkObject: SdkObject;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class ProgressController {
     this._logName = logName;
   }
 
-  lastIntermediateResult() {
+  lastIntermediateResult(): { value: any } | undefined {
     return this._lastIntermediateResult;
   }
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class ProgressController {
           this.instrumentation.onCallLog(this.sdkObject, this.metadata, this._logName, message);
         }
         if ('intermediateResult' in entry)
-          this._lastIntermediateResult = entry.intermediateResult;
+          this._lastIntermediateResult = { value: entry.intermediateResult };
       },
       timeUntilDeadline: () => this._deadline ? this._deadline - monotonicTime() : 2147483647, // 2^31-1 safe setTimeout in Node.
       isRunning: () => this._state === 'running',
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-test/src/DEPS.list
index c6fa7ed79c..4967152e53 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/DEPS.list
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [*]
+../types.ts
 ./utilsBundle.ts
 matchers/
 reporters/
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matcherHint.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matcherHint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0da2be0f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matcherHint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { colors } from 'playwright-core/lib/utilsBundle';
+import type { Expect } from '../types';
+
+export function matcherHint(state: ReturnType<Expect['getState']>, matcherName: string, a: any, b: any, matcherOptions: any, timeout?: number) {
+  const message = state.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, a, b, matcherOptions);
+  if (timeout)
+    return colors.red(`Timed out ${timeout}ms waiting for `) + message;
+  return message;
+}
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matchers.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matchers.ts
index bccb016aff..2a463be613 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matchers.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/matchers.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import type { ParsedStackTrace } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/stackTrace';
 import { isTextualMimeType } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/mimeType';
 
 interface LocatorEx extends Locator {
-  _expect(customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace, expression: string, options: Omit<FrameExpectOptions, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[] }>;
+  _expect(customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace, expression: string, options: Omit<FrameExpectOptions, 'expectedValue'> & { expectedValue?: any }): Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>;
 }
 
 interface APIResponseEx extends APIResponse {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
index 53e18f4500..58644408dc 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toBeTruthy.ts
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 import type { Expect } from '../types';
 import type { ParsedStackTrace } from '../util';
 import { expectTypes, callLogText, currentExpectTimeout, captureStackTrace } from '../util';
+import { matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 
 export async function toBeTruthy(
   this: ReturnType<Expect['getState']>,
   matcherName: string,
   receiver: any,
   receiverType: string,
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, log?: string[] }>,
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, log?: string[], received?: any, timedOut?: boolean }>,
   options: { timeout?: number } = {},
 ) {
   expectTypes(receiver, [receiverType], matcherName);
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@ export async function toBeTruthy(
 
   const timeout = currentExpectTimeout(options);
 
-  const { matches, log } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, captureStackTrace('expect.' + matcherName));
+  const { matches, log, timedOut } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, captureStackTrace('expect.' + matcherName));
 
   const message = () => {
-    return this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, '', matcherOptions) + callLogText(log);
+    return matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, '', matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) + callLogText(log);
   };
 
   return { message, pass: matches };
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toEqual.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
index 39f516c394..c0b1c50630 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toEqual.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { expectTypes } from '../util';
 import { callLogText, currentExpectTimeout } from '../util';
 import type { ParsedStackTrace } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/stackTrace';
 import { captureStackTrace } from 'playwright-core/lib/utils/stackTrace';
+import { matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 
 // Omit colon and one or more spaces, so can call getLabelPrinter.
 const EXPECTED_LABEL = 'Expected';
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export async function toEqual<T>(
   matcherName: string,
   receiver: any,
   receiverType: string,
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[] }>,
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: any, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>,
   expected: T,
   options: { timeout?: number, contains?: boolean } = {},
 ) {
@@ -48,18 +49,18 @@ export async function toEqual<T>(
 
   const customStackTrace = captureStackTrace();
   customStackTrace.apiName = 'expect.' + matcherName;
-  const { matches: pass, received, log } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, customStackTrace);
+  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, customStackTrace);
 
   const message = pass
     ? () =>
-      this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions) +
+      matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) +
       '\n\n' +
       `Expected: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\n` +
       (this.utils.stringify(expected) !== this.utils.stringify(received)
         ? `Received:     ${this.utils.printReceived(received)}`
         : '') + callLogText(log)
     : () =>
-      this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions) +
+      matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) +
       '\n\n' +
       this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(
           expected,
diff --git a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
index 985407d996..47ceca878a 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-test/src/matchers/toMatchText.ts
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ import {
   printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult,
   printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring
 } from '../expect';
+import { matcherHint } from './matcherHint';
 
 export async function toMatchText(
   this: ReturnType<Expect['getState']>,
   matcherName: string,
   receiver: any,
   receiverType: string,
-  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: string, log?: string[] }>,
+  query: (isNot: boolean, timeout: number, customStackTrace: ParsedStackTrace) => Promise<{ matches: boolean, received?: string, log?: string[], timedOut?: boolean }>,
   expected: string | RegExp,
   options: { timeout?: number, matchSubstring?: boolean } = {},
 ) {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export async function toMatchText(
   ) {
     throw new Error(
         this.utils.matcherErrorMessage(
-            this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions),
+            matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions),
             `${this.utils.EXPECTED_COLOR(
                 'expected',
             )} value must be a string or regular expression`,
@@ -58,13 +59,13 @@ export async function toMatchText(
 
   const timeout = currentExpectTimeout(options);
 
-  const { matches: pass, received, log } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, captureStackTrace('expect.' + matcherName));
+  const { matches: pass, received, log, timedOut } = await query(this.isNot, timeout, captureStackTrace('expect.' + matcherName));
   const stringSubstring = options.matchSubstring ? 'substring' : 'string';
   const receivedString = received || '';
   const message = pass
     ? () =>
       typeof expected === 'string'
-        ? this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions) +
+        ? matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) +
         '\n\n' +
         `Expected ${stringSubstring}: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\n` +
         `Received string: ${printReceivedStringContainExpectedSubstring(
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ export async function toMatchText(
             receivedString.indexOf(expected),
             expected.length,
         )}` + callLogText(log)
-        : this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions) +
+        : matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) +
         '\n\n' +
         `Expected pattern: not ${this.utils.printExpected(expected)}\n` +
         `Received string: ${printReceivedStringContainExpectedResult(
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export async function toMatchText(
       const labelReceived = 'Received string';
 
       return (
-        this.utils.matcherHint(matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions) +
+        matcherHint(this, matcherName, undefined, undefined, matcherOptions, timedOut ? timeout : undefined) +
         '\n\n' +
         this.utils.printDiffOrStringify(
             expected,
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
index f53f58399f..db08b9e779 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/channels.ts
@@ -2843,6 +2843,7 @@ export type FrameExpectOptions = {
 export type FrameExpectResult = {
   matches: boolean,
   received?: SerializedValue,
+  timedOut?: boolean,
   log?: string[],
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
index 3fee377243..d9962f39f3 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml
@@ -2130,6 +2130,7 @@ Frame:
       returns:
         matches: boolean
         received: SerializedValue?
+        timedOut: boolean?
         log:
           type: array?
           items: string
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
index db87fae5bf..3112513d86 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/expect.spec.ts
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ test('should print pending operations for toHaveText', async ({ runInlineTest })
   expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
   const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
   expect(output).toContain('Pending operations:');
-  expect(output).toContain('Error: expect(received).toHaveText(expected)');
+  expect(output).toContain('expect(received).toHaveText(expected)');
   expect(output).toContain('Expected string: "Text"');
   expect(output).toContain('Received string: ""');
   expect(output).toContain('waiting for locator(\'no-such-thing\')');
@@ -532,3 +532,20 @@ test('should print expected/received on Ctrl+C', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
   expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Expected string: "Text 2"');
   expect(stripAnsi(result.output)).toContain('Received string: "Text content"');
 });
+
+test('should print timed out error message', async ({ runInlineTest }) => {
+  const result = await runInlineTest({
+    'a.test.ts': `
+      const { test } = pwt;
+
+      test('fail', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.setContent('<div id=node>Text content</div>');
+        await expect(page.locator('no-such-thing')).not.toBeVisible({ timeout: 1 });
+      });
+      `,
+  }, { workers: 1 });
+  expect(result.failed).toBe(1);
+  expect(result.exitCode).toBe(1);
+  const output = stripAnsi(result.output);
+  expect(output).toContain('Timed out 1ms waiting for expect(received).not.toBeVisible()');
+});