diff --git a/test/h5test.h b/test/h5test.h
index 27d90af40de..6cb00e5aea8 100644
--- a/test/h5test.h
+++ b/test/h5test.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ H5TEST_DLLVAR size_t   n_tests_passed_g;
 H5TEST_DLLVAR size_t   n_tests_failed_g;
 H5TEST_DLLVAR size_t   n_tests_skipped_g;
 H5TEST_DLLVAR uint64_t vol_cap_flags_g;
+H5TEST_DLLVAR int      mpi_rank_framework_g;
 
 H5TEST_DLL void   h5_send_message(const char *file, const char *arg1, const char *arg2);
 H5TEST_DLL herr_t h5_wait_message(const char *file);
diff --git a/test/testframe.c b/test/testframe.c
index ed60520116b..5973a78413e 100644
--- a/test/testframe.c
+++ b/test/testframe.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static const void *Test_parameters                  = NULL;
 static const char *TestProgName                     = NULL;
 static void (*TestPrivateUsage)(void)               = NULL;
 static int (*TestPrivateParser)(int ac, char *av[]) = NULL;
+int mpi_rank_framework_g                            = 0;
 
 /*
  * Setup a test function and add it to the list of tests.
@@ -303,7 +304,8 @@ PerformTests(void)
             MESSAGE(2, ("Skipping -- %s (%s) \n", Test[Loop].Description, Test[Loop].Name));
         }
         else {
-            MESSAGE(2, ("Testing  -- %s (%s) \n", Test[Loop].Description, Test[Loop].Name));
+            if (mpi_rank_framework_g == 0)
+                MESSAGE(2, ("Testing  -- %s (%s) \n", Test[Loop].Description, Test[Loop].Name));
             MESSAGE(5, ("===============================================\n"));
             Test[Loop].NumErrors = num_errs;
             Test_parameters      = Test[Loop].Parameters;
@@ -316,12 +318,14 @@ PerformTests(void)
         }
 
     Test_parameters = NULL; /* clear it. */
-    MESSAGE(2, ("\n\n"));
 
-    if (num_errs)
-        print_func("!!! %d Error(s) were detected !!!\n\n", (int)num_errs);
-    else
-        print_func("All tests were successful. \n\n");
+    if (mpi_rank_framework_g == 0) {
+        MESSAGE(2, ("\n\n"));
+        if (num_errs)
+            print_func("!!! %d Error(s) were detected !!!\n\n", (int)num_errs);
+        else
+            print_func("All tests were successful. \n\n");
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/testpar/t_2Gio.c b/testpar/t_2Gio.c
index 1edec566aa4..a6e8560351f 100644
--- a/testpar/t_2Gio.c
+++ b/testpar/t_2Gio.c
@@ -4278,6 +4278,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     MPI_Comm_size(test_comm, &mpi_size);
     MPI_Comm_rank(test_comm, &mpi_rank);
 
+    mpi_rank_framework_g = mpi_rank;
+
     memset(filenames, 0, sizeof(filenames));
 
     dim0 = BIG_X_FACTOR;
diff --git a/testpar/t_shapesame.c b/testpar/t_shapesame.c
index d9cd20cc649..6587190c560 100644
--- a/testpar/t_shapesame.c
+++ b/testpar/t_shapesame.c
@@ -4260,6 +4260,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_size);
     MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_rank);
 
+    mpi_rank_framework_g = mpi_rank;
+
     dim0 = ROW_FACTOR * mpi_size;
     dim1 = COL_FACTOR * mpi_size;
 
diff --git a/testpar/testphdf5.c b/testpar/testphdf5.c
index ed0510cd55a..0b94be9b494 100644
--- a/testpar/testphdf5.c
+++ b/testpar/testphdf5.c
@@ -234,9 +234,11 @@ parse_options(int argc, char **argv)
                 nerrors++;
                 return (1);
             }
-        printf("Test filenames are:\n");
-        for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-            printf("    %s\n", filenames[i]);
+        if (mpi_rank == 0) {
+            printf("Test filenames are:\n");
+            for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+                printf("    %s\n", filenames[i]);
+        }
     }
 
     return (0);
@@ -314,6 +316,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_size);
     MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &mpi_rank);
 
+    mpi_rank_framework_g = mpi_rank;
+
     dim0 = ROW_FACTOR * mpi_size;
     dim1 = COL_FACTOR * mpi_size;