diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
index bc06574b5842..0403a96129ac 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/State.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export type SnapshotMatchOptions = {
   readonly inlineSnapshot?: string;
   readonly isInline: boolean;
   readonly error?: Error;
-  readonly matchOnly?: boolean;
+  readonly testFailing?: boolean;
 };
 
 type SnapshotReturnOptions = {
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ export default class SnapshotState {
     inlineSnapshot,
     isInline,
     error,
-    matchOnly = false,
+    testFailing = false,
   }: SnapshotMatchOptions): SnapshotReturnOptions {
     this._counters.set(testName, (this._counters.get(testName) || 0) + 1);
     const count = Number(this._counters.get(testName));
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export default class SnapshotState {
 
     // In pure matching only runs, return the match result while skipping any updates
     // reports.
-    if (matchOnly) {
+    if (testFailing) {
       if (hasSnapshot && !isInline) {
         // Retain current snapshot values.
         this._addSnapshot(key, expected, {error, isInline});
diff --git a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
index 5192903955f0..d4e8a3ab8f26 100644
--- a/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-snapshot/src/index.ts
@@ -281,17 +281,7 @@ const _toMatchSnapshot = (config: MatchSnapshotConfig) => {
   /** If a test was ran with `test.failing`. Passed by Jest Circus. */
   const {testFailing = false} = context;
 
-  /**
-   * Run the snapshot matcher as a normal throwing matcher with
-   * no side effects and no error supression.
-   *
-   * Skipped side effects occur in {@link snapshotState.match}
-   * and include updating the snapshot and recording passed/failed
-   * snapshots in the snapshot state.
-   */
-  const matchOnly = testFailing;
-
-  if (!matchOnly && context.dontThrow) {
+  if (!testFailing && context.dontThrow) {
     // Supress errors while running tests
     context.dontThrow();
   }
@@ -375,8 +365,8 @@ const _toMatchSnapshot = (config: MatchSnapshotConfig) => {
     error: context.error,
     inlineSnapshot,
     isInline,
-    matchOnly,
     received,
+    testFailing,
     testName: fullTestName,
   });
   const {actual, count, expected, pass} = result;