diff --git a/crates/electrum/tests/test_electrum.rs b/crates/electrum/tests/test_electrum.rs
index befeeb4cc..07979866e 100644
--- a/crates/electrum/tests/test_electrum.rs
+++ b/crates/electrum/tests/test_electrum.rs
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ pub fn chained_mempool_tx_sync() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .transaction()?;
     let txid2 = rpc_client.send_raw_transaction(signed_tx.raw_hex())?;
 
-    env.wait_until_electrum_sees_txid(signed_tx.compute_txid(), Duration::from_secs(5))?;
+    env.wait_until_electrum_sees_txid(signed_tx.compute_txid(), Duration::from_secs(6))?;
 
     let spk_history = electrum_client.script_get_history(&tracked_addr.script_pubkey())?;
     assert!(
diff --git a/crates/testenv/src/lib.rs b/crates/testenv/src/lib.rs
index d569db12e..7572fbf4b 100644
--- a/crates/testenv/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/testenv/src/lib.rs
@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ impl TestEnv {
             std::thread::sleep(delay);
         }
 
-        Err(anyhow::Error::msg(
-            "Timed out waiting for Electrsd to get block header",
-        ))
+        Err(anyhow::Error::msg(format!(
+            "Timed out waiting for Electrsd to get transaction, took: {:?}",
+            start.elapsed()
+        )))
     }
 
     /// This method waits for Electrsd to see a transaction with given `txid`. `timeout` is the
@@ -229,9 +230,10 @@ impl TestEnv {
             std::thread::sleep(delay);
         }
 
-        Err(anyhow::Error::msg(
-            "Timed out waiting for Electrsd to get transaction",
-        ))
+        Err(anyhow::Error::msg(format!(
+            "Timed out waiting for Electrsd to get transaction, took: {:?}",
+            start.elapsed()
+        )))
     }
 
     /// Invalidate a number of blocks of a given size `count`.