diff --git a/internal/async_assertion.go b/internal/async_assertion.go
index 7f6226968..baa28d4ad 100644
--- a/internal/async_assertion.go
+++ b/internal/async_assertion.go
@@ -425,10 +425,18 @@ func (assertion *AsyncAssertion) match(matcher types.GomegaMatcher, desiredMatch
 
 		if actualErr == nil {
 			if matcherErr == nil {
-				if desiredMatch {
-					message += matcher.FailureMessage(actual)
+				if desiredMatch != matches {
+					if desiredMatch {
+						message += matcher.FailureMessage(actual)
+					} else {
+						message += matcher.NegatedFailureMessage(actual)
+					}
 				} else {
-					message += matcher.NegatedFailureMessage(actual)
+					if assertion.asyncType == AsyncAssertionTypeConsistently {
+						message += "There is no failure as the matcher passed to Consistently has not yet failed"
+					} else {
+						message += "There is no failure as the matcher passed to Eventually succeeded on its most recent iteration"
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				var fgErr formattedGomegaError
diff --git a/internal/async_assertion_test.go b/internal/async_assertion_test.go
index aa238bf88..a0cea738b 100644
--- a/internal/async_assertion_test.go
+++ b/internal/async_assertion_test.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Asynchronous Assertions", func() {
 						return MATCH
 					}, time.Hour).WithContext(ctx).Should(SpecMatch())
 					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("Context was cancelled after"))
-					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("positive: match"))
+					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("There is no failure as the matcher passed to Consistently has not yet failed"))
 				})
 			})
 
@@ -291,6 +291,23 @@ var _ = Describe("Asynchronous Assertions", func() {
 					Ω(message).Should(Equal("Expected\n    <string>: no match\nto equal\n    <string>: match"))
 					Ω(fakeSpecContext.Cancelled).Should(BeTrue())
 				})
+
+				Context("when used with consistently", func() {
+					It("returns a useful message that does not invoke the matcher's failure handlers", func() {
+						fakeSpecContext := &FakeGinkgoSpecContext{}
+						var message string
+						ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "GINKGO_SPEC_CONTEXT", fakeSpecContext)
+						ig.G.Consistently(func() error {
+							if fakeSpecContext.Attached != nil {
+								message = fakeSpecContext.Attached()
+							}
+							return nil
+						}).WithTimeout(time.Millisecond * 20).WithContext(ctx).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+						Ω(message).Should(Equal("There is no failure as the matcher passed to Consistently has not yet failed"))
+						Ω(fakeSpecContext.Cancelled).Should(BeTrue())
+					})
+				})
 			})
 
 			Describe("the interaction between the context and the timeout", func() {
@@ -461,7 +478,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Asynchronous Assertions", func() {
 						return MATCH
 					}, time.Hour).WithContext(ctx).Should(SpecMatch())
 					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("Context was cancelled after"))
-					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("positive: match"))
+					Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("There is no failure as the matcher passed to Consistently has not yet failed"))
 				})
 			})