diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnRunner.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnRunner.java
index 684b41984511b7..7ff1feb72d8765 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/RemoteSpawnRunner.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.common.BulkTransferException;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.common.OperationObserver;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.options.RemoteOptions;
-import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.options.RemoteOptions.ExecutionMessagePrintMode;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.util.Utils;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.remote.util.Utils.InMemoryOutput;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.sandbox.SandboxHelpers;
@@ -273,21 +272,7 @@ public SpawnResult exec(Spawn spawn, SpawnExecutionContext context)
             // It's already late at this stage, but we should at least report once.
             reporter.reportExecutingIfNot();
 
-            FileOutErr outErr = context.getFileOutErr();
-            String message = result.getMessage();
-            boolean printMessage =
-                ((!result.success()
-                            && remoteOptions.remotePrintExecutionMessages
-                                == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.FAILURE)
-                        || (result.success()
-                            && remoteOptions.remotePrintExecutionMessages
-                                == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.SUCCESS)
-                        || remoteOptions.remotePrintExecutionMessages
-                            == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.ALL)
-                    && !message.isEmpty();
-            if (printMessage) {
-              outErr.printErr(message + "\n");
-            }
+            maybePrintExecutionMessages(context, result.getMessage(), result.success());
 
             profileAccounting(result.getExecutionMetadata());
             spawnMetricsAccounting(spawnMetrics, result.getExecutionMetadata());
@@ -458,6 +443,17 @@ public boolean handlesCaching() {
     return true;
   }
 
+  private void maybePrintExecutionMessages(
+      SpawnExecutionContext context, String message, boolean success) {
+    FileOutErr outErr = context.getFileOutErr();
+    boolean printMessage =
+        remoteOptions.remotePrintExecutionMessages.shouldPrintMessages(success)
+            && !message.isEmpty();
+    if (printMessage) {
+      outErr.printErr(message + "\n");
+    }
+  }
+
   private void maybeWriteParamFilesLocally(Spawn spawn) throws IOException {
     if (!executionOptions.shouldMaterializeParamFiles()) {
       return;
@@ -514,10 +510,11 @@ private SpawnResult execLocallyAndUploadOrFail(
     if (remoteOptions.remoteLocalFallback && !RemoteRetrierUtils.causedByExecTimeout(cause)) {
       return execLocallyAndUpload(action, spawn, context, uploadLocalResults);
     }
-    return handleError(action, cause);
+    return handleError(action, cause, context);
   }
 
-  private SpawnResult handleError(RemoteAction action, IOException exception)
+  private SpawnResult handleError(
+      RemoteAction action, IOException exception, SpawnExecutionContext context)
       throws ExecException, InterruptedException, IOException {
     boolean remoteCacheFailed =
         BulkTransferException.isOnlyCausedByCacheNotFoundException(exception);
@@ -536,6 +533,7 @@ private SpawnResult handleError(RemoteAction action, IOException exception)
         }
       }
       if (e.isExecutionTimeout()) {
+        maybePrintExecutionMessages(context, e.getResponse().getMessage(), /* success = */ false);
         return new SpawnResult.Builder()
             .setRunnerName(getName())
             .setStatus(Status.TIMEOUT)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
index 507a221b96cd4a..841df554e66088 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/remote/options/RemoteOptions.java
@@ -669,5 +669,11 @@ public Converter() {
         super(ExecutionMessagePrintMode.class, "execution message print mode");
       }
     }
+
+    public boolean shouldPrintMessages(boolean success) {
+      return ((!success && this == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.FAILURE)
+          || (success && this == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.SUCCESS)
+          || this == ExecutionMessagePrintMode.ALL);
+    }
   }
 }