diff --git a/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh b/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
index 2d030a4ec3..cb51d9f9d4 100755
--- a/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
+++ b/t/t4022-diff-rewrite.sh
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ test_expect_success setup '
 test_expect_success 'detect rewrite' '
 
 	actual=$(git diff-files -B --summary test) &&
-	expr "$actual" : " rewrite test ([0-9]*%)$" || {
-		echo "Eh? <<$actual>>"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose expr "$actual" : " rewrite test ([0-9]*%)$"
 
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t4202-log.sh b/t/t4202-log.sh
index a22ac7c75a..85230a87b4 100755
--- a/t/t4202-log.sh
+++ b/t/t4202-log.sh
@@ -113,11 +113,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff-filter=M' '
 
 	actual=$(git log --pretty="format:%s" --diff-filter=M HEAD) &&
 	expect=$(echo second) &&
-	test "$actual" = "$expect" || {
-		echo Oops
-		echo "Actual: $actual"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$actual" = "$expect"
 
 '
 
@@ -125,11 +121,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff-filter=D' '
 
 	actual=$(git log --pretty="format:%s" --diff-filter=D HEAD) &&
 	expect=$(echo sixth ; echo third) &&
-	test "$actual" = "$expect" || {
-		echo Oops
-		echo "Actual: $actual"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$actual" = "$expect"
 
 '
 
@@ -137,11 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff-filter=R' '
 
 	actual=$(git log -M --pretty="format:%s" --diff-filter=R HEAD) &&
 	expect=$(echo third) &&
-	test "$actual" = "$expect" || {
-		echo Oops
-		echo "Actual: $actual"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$actual" = "$expect"
 
 '
 
@@ -149,11 +137,7 @@ test_expect_success 'diff-filter=C' '
 
 	actual=$(git log -C -C --pretty="format:%s" --diff-filter=C HEAD) &&
 	expect=$(echo fourth) &&
-	test "$actual" = "$expect" || {
-		echo Oops
-		echo "Actual: $actual"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$actual" = "$expect"
 
 '
 
@@ -161,11 +145,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git log --follow' '
 
 	actual=$(git log --follow --pretty="format:%s" ichi) &&
 	expect=$(echo third ; echo second ; echo initial) &&
-	test "$actual" = "$expect" || {
-		echo Oops
-		echo "Actual: $actual"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$actual" = "$expect"
 
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
index 2b7c0f0c67..b77d4c97c1 100755
--- a/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
+++ b/t/t6006-rev-list-format.sh
@@ -358,10 +358,7 @@ test_expect_success 'empty email' '
 	test_tick &&
 	C=$(GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL= git commit-tree HEAD^{tree} </dev/null) &&
 	A=$(git show --pretty=format:%an,%ae,%ad%n -s $C) &&
-	test "$A" = "A U Thor,,Thu Apr 7 15:14:13 2005 -0700" || {
-		echo "Eh? $A" >failure
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$A" = "A U Thor,,Thu Apr 7 15:14:13 2005 -0700"
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'del LF before empty (1)' '
diff --git a/t/t7001-mv.sh b/t/t7001-mv.sh
index 69f11bd40d..7b56081137 100755
--- a/t/t7001-mv.sh
+++ b/t/t7001-mv.sh
@@ -161,10 +161,7 @@ test_expect_success "Michael Cassar's test case" '
 	git mv papers/unsorted/Thesis.pdf papers/all-papers/moo-blah.pdf &&
 
 	T=`git write-tree` &&
-	git ls-tree -r $T | grep partA/outline.txt || {
-		git ls-tree -r $T
-		(exit 1)
-	}
+	git ls-tree -r $T | verbose grep partA/outline.txt
 '
 
 rm -fr papers partA path?
diff --git a/t/t7300-clean.sh b/t/t7300-clean.sh
index 04118ad75b..99be5d95d0 100755
--- a/t/t7300-clean.sh
+++ b/t/t7300-clean.sh
@@ -119,10 +119,7 @@ test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with relative prefix' '
 		git clean -n ../src |
 		sed -n -e "s|^Would remove ||p"
 	) &&
-	test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c || {
-		echo "OOps <$would_clean>"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c
 '
 
 test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with absolute path' '
@@ -134,10 +131,7 @@ test_expect_success C_LOCALE_OUTPUT 'git clean with absolute path' '
 		git clean -n "$(pwd)/../src" |
 		sed -n -e "s|^Would remove ||p"
 	) &&
-	test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c || {
-		echo "OOps <$would_clean>"
-		false
-	}
+	verbose test "$would_clean" = ../src/part3.c
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'git clean with out of work tree relative path' '