diff --git a/packages/cli/src/bin/cli.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/bin/cli.test.ts
index 9948ec5f..f7a65269 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/bin/cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/bin/cli.test.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ describe('cli', () => {
     it('should log the time it takes to run', async () => {
       const result = await runCLI(`file://${SIMPLE_HTML_FILE}`, '--timer');
       assert.equal(result.exitCode, 0);
+      assert.isEmpty(result.stderr);
       assert.include(result.stdout, 'axe-core execution time');
       assert.include(result.stdout, 'Total test time');
     });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/axe-test-urls.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/axe-test-urls.ts
index 3b6b3a50..f8577bb8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/axe-test-urls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/axe-test-urls.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const testPages = async (
     }
 
     if (config.timer) {
-      events?.startTimer('page load time');
+      events?.startTimer('axe page load time');
     }
 
     driver
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const testPages = async (
       })
       .then(() => {
         if (config.timer) {
-          events?.startTimer('page load time');
+          events?.endTimer('axe page load time');
         }
 
         if (config.loadDelay) {