diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
index 7c710e6543b..2488fa74719 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_executor.py
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@ class TaskExecutor:
         # variable not being present which would otherwise cause validation to fail
         try:
             if not self._task.evaluate_conditional(templar, variables):
-                display.debug("when evaluation failed, skipping this task")
-                return dict(changed=False, skipped=True, skip_reason='Conditional check failed', _ansible_no_log=self._play_context.no_log)
+                display.debug("when evaluation is False, skipping this task")
+                return dict(changed=False, skipped=True, skip_reason='Conditional result was False', _ansible_no_log=self._play_context.no_log)
         except AnsibleError:
             # loop error takes precedence
             if self._loop_eval_error is not None: