diff --git a/scripts/generate_pack.py b/scripts/generate_pack.py
index 417d9437..dbd70406 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pack.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pack.py
@@ -2588,6 +2588,7 @@ def _run_verify_packs(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     )
 
     verified = 0
+    failing: list[str] = []
     for platform_name in platforms:
         found = sorted(expected[platform_name] & on_disk)
         verified += len(found)
@@ -2601,6 +2602,7 @@ def _run_verify_packs(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
                     f"generate_pack.py --platform {platform_name} --output-dir {args.output_dir})"
                 )
                 all_ok = False
+                failing.append(f"{platform_name} (no pack)")
             else:
                 print(f"  {platform_name}: SKIP (no pack in {args.output_dir})")
             continue
@@ -2646,7 +2648,17 @@ def _run_verify_packs(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
                 for err in errors:
                     print(f"    {err}")
                 all_ok = False
+                failing.append(f"{platform_name} ({pack_name})")
 
+    if failing:
+        # Named at the end, where the log is read, and on stderr, as the
+        # build path does: a failing pack sat among its own error lines.
+        print(
+            f"ERROR: packs failed verification: {', '.join(failing)}",
+            file=sys.stderr,
+        )
+    elif verified:
+        print(f"Verified {verified} pack{'s' if verified != 1 else ''}: all OK")
     if not verified:
         # Every platform skipped is no check at all: a mistyped or purged
         # output directory read as a passed integrity check.
diff --git a/tests/test_verify_pack_choice.py b/tests/test_verify_pack_choice.py
index 0de0a352..75ab4c5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_verify_pack_choice.py
+++ b/tests/test_verify_pack_choice.py
@@ -115,6 +115,30 @@ class VerifyPackChoice(unittest.TestCase):
         for name in names[1:]:
             self.assertIn(f"[{name}]: hashes checked during the build", printed)
 
+    def test_the_run_ends_on_a_summary(self):
+        """A failing pack was named only above its own error lines, and the
+        log ended on the last platform's OK line."""
+        import contextlib
+        import io
+
+        pack = f"{self.stem}_BIOS_Pack.zip"
+        self._touch(pack)
+        out, err = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
+        failed = (False, 0, 0, ["x: missing"], 1, 0, 1, 1, 0)
+        with mock.patch.object(self.gp, "verify_pack_against_platform",
+                               return_value=failed), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stdout(out), contextlib.redirect_stderr(err), \
+                self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            self.gp._run_verify_packs(self._args())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            err.getvalue().strip().splitlines()[-1],
+            f"ERROR: packs failed verification: retroarch ({pack})",
+        )
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with contextlib.redirect_stdout(out):
+            self._run(self._args())
+        self.assertEqual(out.getvalue().strip().splitlines()[-1], "Verified 1 pack: all OK")
+
     def test_include_archived_reaches_the_archived_pack(self):
         stem = self.gp._platform_pack_stem(["retropie"], "retropie", "platforms")
         self._touch(f"{stem}_BIOS_Pack.zip")