diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/tools/test_menus.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/tools/test_menus.js
index 224df93a008..1875c0e776e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/tools/test_menus.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/tools/test_menus.js
@@ -79,14 +79,13 @@
         var testPromise = Promise.resolve();
         testPromise = chainDeferred($listOfAppMenuItems, testPromise, testApp);
         return testPromise.then(function () {
+            console.log("Test took ", (performance.now() - startTime) / 1000, " seconds");
             console.log("Successfully tested ", testedApps.length, " apps");
             console.log("Successfully tested ", testedMenus.length - testedApps.length, " menus");
             console.log("test successful");
+        }).catch(function (error) {
             console.log("Test took ", (performance.now() - startTime) / 1000, " seconds");
-        }).catch(function () {
-            console.log("Test took ", (performance.now() - startTime) / 1000, " seconds");
-            console.error('test failed')
-            console.error("Error !");
+            console.error(error || 'test failed');
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/qunit_config.js b/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/qunit_config.js
index 8308f972a47..664808c3cb1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/qunit_config.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/qunit_config.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ QUnit.done(function(result) {
     if (!result.failed) {
         console.log('test successful');
     } else {
-        console.error('test failed');
+        console.error(result.failed, "/", result.total, "tests failed");
     }
 
     if (!sortButtonAppended) {
diff --git a/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/tour_manager.js b/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/tour_manager.js
index cf95b3516c6..6e3ebff46e7 100644
--- a/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/tour_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web_tour/static/src/js/tour_manager.js
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ return core.Class.extend(mixins.EventDispatcherMixin, ServicesMixin, {
                 });
                 console.log(document.body.parentElement.outerHTML);
                 console.error(error); // will be displayed as error info
-                console.error("test failed"); // browser_js wait for error message "test failed"
             } else {
                 console.log(_.str.sprintf("Tour %s succeeded", tour_name));
                 console.log("test successful"); // browser_js wait for message "test successful"
diff --git a/odoo/tests/common.py b/odoo/tests/common.py
index 456544ec513..a62aad3b41a 100644
--- a/odoo/tests/common.py
+++ b/odoo/tests/common.py
@@ -1251,13 +1251,8 @@ class HttpCase(TransactionCase):
         - wait for ready object to be available
         - eval(code) inside the page
 
-        To signal success test do:
-        console.log('test successful')
-
-        To signal failure do:
-        console.error('test failed')
-
-        If neither are done before timeout test fails.
+        To signal success test do: console.log('test successful')
+        To signal test failure raise an exception or call console.error
         """
         # increase timeout if coverage is running
         if any(f.filename.endswith('/coverage/execfile.py') for f in inspect.stack()  if f.filename):