diff --git a/e2e/nx-misc/src/extras.test.ts b/e2e/nx-misc/src/extras.test.ts
index 92810f53a785a..654e93d6cb5a0 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-misc/src/extras.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-misc/src/extras.test.ts
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ describe('Extra Nx Misc Tests', () => {
         runCLI(`run ${mylib}:error`);
         fail('Should error if process errors');
       } catch (e) {
-        expect(e.stdout.toString()).toContain(
-          'Something went wrong in run-commands - Command failed: exit 1'
+        expect(e.stderr.toString()).toContain(
+          'command "exit 1" exited with non-zero status code'
         );
       }
     });
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
index 6bab85751d3a5..d0bfdcfdbf2d2 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ async function runSerially(
     );
     if (!success) {
       process.stderr.write(
-        `Warning: run-commands command "${c}" exited with non-zero status code`
+        `Warning: run-commands command "${c.command}" exited with non-zero status code`
       );
       return false;
     }