diff --git a/testharness.css b/testharness.css
index 365084f3f82116..3967004bb25ceb 100644
--- a/testharness.css
+++ b/testharness.css
@@ -90,3 +90,18 @@ table#results span.actual {
     white-space:pre;
 }
 
+span.ok {
+    color:green;
+}
+
+tr.error {
+    color:red;
+}
+
+span.timeout {
+    color:red;
+}
+
+span.ok, span.timeout, span.error {
+    font-variant:small-caps;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testharness.js b/testharness.js
index bebf1e3fc84363..a47ceedd72892c 100644
--- a/testharness.js
+++ b/testharness.js
@@ -1429,22 +1429,20 @@ policies and contribution forms [3].
                                 ["h2", {}, "Summary"],
                                 function()
                                 {
-                                    if (harness_status.status === harness_status.OK) {
-                                        return null;
-                                    }
 
                                     var status = status_text_harness[harness_status.status];
-                                    var rv = [["p", {"class":status_class(status)}]];
+                                    var rv = [["section", {},
+                                               ["p", {},
+                                                "Harness status: ",
+                                                ["span", {"class":status_class(status)},
+                                                 status
+                                                ],
+                                               ]
+                                              ]];
 
                                     if (harness_status.status === harness_status.ERROR) {
-                                        rv[0].push("Harness encountered an error:");
-                                        rv.push(["pre", {}, harness_status.message]);
-                                    } else if (harness_status.status === harness_status.TIMEOUT) {
-                                        rv[0].push("Harness timed out.");
-                                    } else {
-                                        rv[0].push("Harness got an unexpected status.");
+                                        rv[0].push(["pre", {}, harness_status.message]);
                                     }
-
                                     return rv;
                                 },
                                 ["p", {}, "Found ${num_tests} tests"],
@@ -1462,7 +1460,8 @@ policies and contribution forms [3].
                                         i++;
                                     }
                                     return rv;
-                                }];
+                                },
+                               ];
 
         log.appendChild(render(summary_template, {num_tests:tests.length}, output_document));