diff --git a/pkg/kdump/kdump-view.jsx b/pkg/kdump/kdump-view.jsx
index fede357a842d..7412610c1c7f 100644
--- a/pkg/kdump/kdump-view.jsx
+++ b/pkg/kdump/kdump-view.jsx
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ import { DescriptionList, DescriptionListDescription, DescriptionListGroup, Desc
 import { Modal } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Modal/index.js";
 import { Spinner } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Spinner/index.js";
 import { Switch } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Switch/index.js";
+import { Text, TextContent, TextVariants } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Text/index.js";
 import { TextInput } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/TextInput/index.js";
 import { Title } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Title/index.js";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipPosition } from "@patternfly/react-core/dist/esm/components/Tooltip/index.js";
 import { OutlinedQuestionCircleIcon } from "@patternfly/react-icons";
 
 import { useDialogs, DialogsContext } from "dialogs.jsx";
+import { fmt_to_fragments } from 'utils.jsx';
 import { show_modal_dialog } from "cockpit-components-dialog.jsx";
 import { FormHelper } from "cockpit-components-form-helper";
 import { ModalError } from 'cockpit-components-inline-notification.jsx';
@@ -263,12 +265,39 @@ export class KdumpPage extends React.Component {
     }
 
     handleTestSettingsClick() {
+        // if we have multiple targets defined, the config is invalid
+        const target = this.props.kdumpStatus.target;
+        let verifyMessage;
+        if (!target.multipleTargets) {
+            let path = target.path || "/var/crash";
+            if (target.type === "local") {
+                verifyMessage = fmt_to_fragments(
+                    ' ' + _("Results of the crash will be stored in $0 as $1, if kdump is properly configured."),
+                    <span className="pf-v5-u-font-family-monospace-vf">{path}</span>,
+                    <span className="pf-v5-u-font-family-monospace-vf">vmcore</span>);
+            } else if (target.type === "ssh" || target.type == "nfs") {
+                path = (target.type == "nfs" && path[0] !== '/') ? '/' + path : path;
+                verifyMessage = fmt_to_fragments(
+                    ' ' + _("Results of the crash will be copied through $0 to $1 as $2, if kdump is properly configured."),
+                    <span className="pf-v5-u-font-family-monospace-vf">{target.type === "ssh" ? "SSH" : "NFS"}</span>,
+                    <span className="pf-v5-u-font-family-monospace-vf">{`${target.server}:${target.type === "ssh" ? target.export + path : path}`}</span>,
+                    <span className="pf-v5-u-font-family-monospace-vf">vmcore</span>);
+            }
+        }
+
         // open a dialog to confirm crashing the kernel to test the settings - then do it
         const dialogProps = {
             title: _("Test kdump settings"),
-            body: (
-                <span>{_("Test kdump settings by crashing the kernel. This may take a while and the system might not automatically reboot. Do not purposefully crash the system while any important task is running.")}</span>
-            )
+            body: (<TextContent>
+                <Text component={TextVariants.p}>
+                    {_("Test kdump settings by crashing the kernel. This may take a while and the system might not automatically reboot. Do not purposefully crash the system while any important task is running.")}
+                </Text>
+                {verifyMessage && <Text component={TextVariants.p}>
+                    {verifyMessage}
+                </Text>}
+            </TextContent>),
+            showClose: true,
+            titleIconVariant: "warning",
         };
         // also test modifying properties in subsequent render calls
         const footerProps = {
diff --git a/pkg/kdump/kdump.scss b/pkg/kdump/kdump.scss
index f775a808269e..5e6e2b02d77a 100644
--- a/pkg/kdump/kdump.scss
+++ b/pkg/kdump/kdump.scss
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 @use "page";
 
+@import "global-variables";
+@import "@patternfly/patternfly/utilities/Text/text.scss";
+
 #kdump-settings-location {
   inline-size: 100%;
 }
diff --git a/test/verify/check-kdump b/test/verify/check-kdump
index 8a146633b526..62f6ac806f8a 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-kdump
+++ b/test/verify/check-kdump
@@ -32,20 +32,24 @@ class KdumpHelpers(testlib.MachineCase):
         self.browser.switch_to_top()
         self.browser.relogin("/kdump")
 
-    def crashKernel(self):
+    def crashKernel(self, message, cancel=False):
         b = self.browser
         b.click(f"button{self.default_btn_class}")
-        # we should get a warning dialog, confirm
-        b.click(f"button{self.danger_btn_class}")
-        # wait until we've actually triggered a crash
-        b.wait_visible(".apply.pf-m-in-progress")
+        self.browser.wait_in_text(".pf-v5-c-modal-box__body", message)
+        if cancel:
+            b.click(".pf-v5-c-modal-box button:contains('Cancel')")
+        else:
+            # we should get a warning dialog, confirm
+            b.click(f"button{self.danger_btn_class}")
+            # wait until we've actually triggered a crash
+            b.wait_visible(".apply.pf-m-in-progress")
 
-        # wait for disconnect and then try connecting again
-        b.switch_to_top()
-        with b.wait_timeout(60):
-            b.wait_in_text("div.curtains-ct h1", "Disconnected")
-        self.machine.disconnect()
-        self.machine.wait_boot(timeout_sec=300)
+            # wait for disconnect and then try connecting again
+            b.switch_to_top()
+            with b.wait_timeout(60):
+                b.wait_in_text("div.curtains-ct h1", "Disconnected")
+            self.machine.disconnect()
+            self.machine.wait_boot(timeout_sec=300)
 
 
 @testlib.skipOstree("kexec-tools not installed")
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ class TestKdump(KdumpHelpers):
         b.set_input_text(pathInput, "/var/crash")
         b.click(f"#kdump-settings-dialog button{self.primary_btn_class}")
         b.wait_not_present(pathInput)
+        self.crashKernel("copied through SSH to root@localhost:/var/crash as vmcore", cancel=True)
 
         # we should have the amount of memory reserved that we indicated
         b.wait_in_text("#app", "256 MiB")
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ class TestKdump(KdumpHelpers):
         assertActive(active=True)
 
         # crash the kernel and make sure it wrote a report into the right directory
-        self.crashKernel()
+        self.crashKernel("stored in /var/crash2 as vmcore")
         m.execute(f"until test -e {customPath}/127.0.0.1*/vmcore; do sleep 1; done", timeout=180)
         self.assertIn("Kdump compressed dump", m.execute(f"file {customPath}/127.0.0.1*/vmcore"))
 
@@ -425,7 +430,7 @@ class TestKdumpNFS(KdumpHelpers):
         self.assertIn("\nnfs 10.111.113.2:/srv/kdump\n", conf)
         self.assertNotIn("\npath", conf)
 
-        self.crashKernel()
+        self.crashKernel("copied through NFS at 10.111.113.2:/srv/kdump/var/crash")
 
         # dump is done during boot, so should exist now
         self.assertIn("Kdump compressed dump",
@@ -454,7 +459,7 @@ class TestKdumpNFS(KdumpHelpers):
 
         b.wait_visible(".pf-v5-c-switch__input:checked")
 
-        self.crashKernel()
+        self.crashKernel("copied through NFS at 10.111.113.2:/srv/kdump/dumps")
         self.assertIn("Kdump compressed dump",
                       self.machines["nfs"].execute("file /srv/kdump/dumps/10.111.113.1*/vmcore"))