diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index 7a73d8b1..26158dbc 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -121,8 +121,13 @@ db-migrate-heads: ## Show migrations marked as a head
 # Testing
 ##################################################
 
+# Turn off log capture for failed tests by default.
+# To re-enable display of captured logs when tests fail, run `make test args="--show-capture=all"`
+# Or to turn off capturing of logs (and have logs print to stdout in realtime), run `make test args="--capture=no"`
+# or for short `make test args="-s"`
+# See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/capture-stdout-stderr.html#how-to-capture-stdout-stderr-output
 test: ## Run all tests except for audit logging tests
-	$(PY_RUN_CMD) pytest -m "not audit" $(args)
+	$(PY_RUN_CMD) pytest -m "not audit" --show-capture=no $(args)
 
 test-audit: ## Run audit logging tests
 	$(PY_RUN_CMD) pytest -m "audit" $(args)