diff --git a/scripts/pipeline.py b/scripts/pipeline.py
index d66e2256..46f83506 100644
--- a/scripts/pipeline.py
+++ b/scripts/pipeline.py
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def check_consistency(verify_output: str, pack_output: str) -> bool:
             all_ok = False
 
     status = "OK" if all_ok else "FAILED"
-    print(f"--- consistency check: {status} ---")
+    print(f"--- {step_title(STEP_LABELS['consistency'])}, counts: {status} ---")
     return all_ok
 
 
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ def check_pack_destinations(
     import json  # noqa: PLC0415
     import zipfile  # noqa: PLC0415
 
-    print("\n--- 5/8 consistency check: destinations ---")
+    print(f"\n--- {step_title(STEP_LABELS['consistency'])}, destinations ---")
     try:
         credited_by = json.loads(Path(destinations_file).read_text())
     except (OSError, ValueError) as exc:
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ def check_emulator_packs(
         select_emulator_profiles,
     )
 
-    print("\n--- 5/8 consistency check: emulator packs ---")
+    print(f"\n--- {step_title(STEP_LABELS['consistency'])}, emulator packs ---")
     db = load_database(db_path)
     zip_contents = build_zip_contents_index(db)
     profiles = load_emulator_profiles(emulators_dir, skip_aliases=False)
@@ -1008,7 +1008,10 @@ def main() -> None:
         # Counts can agree while the paths differ, both ways at once.
         ok = check_pack_destinations(destinations_file, pack_output) and ok
         ok = check_emulator_packs() and ok
-        print(f"--- 5/8 consistency check, counts and paths: {'OK' if ok else 'FAILED'} ---")
+        print(
+            f"--- {step_title(STEP_LABELS['consistency'])}, counts and paths: "
+            f"{'OK' if ok else 'FAILED'} ---"
+        )
         results["consistency"] = ok
         all_ok = all_ok and ok
     else:
diff --git a/tests/test_tool_messages.py b/tests/test_tool_messages.py
index 75467364..abda8a50 100644
--- a/tests/test_tool_messages.py
+++ b/tests/test_tool_messages.py
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ class ThePipelineCountsItsRealSteps(unittest.TestCase):
                 # A step's own label, or a second command of a listed step.
                 self.assertIn(label.split(" ", 1)[0], numbers)
 
+    def test_no_title_counts_eight_steps(self):
+        """Three print() headers of step 5 still read "5/8" beside the
+        computed "5 consistency check [20/24]"."""
+        import re  # noqa: PLC0415
+
+        source = (REPO_ROOT / "scripts" / "pipeline.py").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        self.assertEqual(re.findall(r'"[^"\n]*---[^"\n]*\b\d+[a-z]?/\d+\b[^"\n]*"', source), [])
+
     def test_progress_comes_from_the_list(self):
         total = len(pipeline.STEP_LABELS)
         title = pipeline.step_title(pipeline.STEP_LABELS["render_site"])