diff --git a/src/formatters/SnapshotFormatter.ts b/src/formatters/SnapshotFormatter.ts
index bc13f641b..29488cf52 100644
--- a/src/formatters/SnapshotFormatter.ts
+++ b/src/formatters/SnapshotFormatter.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class SnapshotFormatter {
 
     // Top-level content of the snapshot.
     if (
-      this.#snapshot.verbose &&
+      !this.#snapshot.verbose &&
       this.#snapshot.hasSelectedElement &&
       !this.#snapshot.selectedElementUid
     ) {
diff --git a/tests/formatters/snapshotFormatter.test.js.snapshot b/tests/formatters/snapshotFormatter.test.js.snapshot
index bb2e1ccbf..ee7c3ae20 100644
--- a/tests/formatters/snapshotFormatter.test.js.snapshot
+++ b/tests/formatters/snapshotFormatter.test.js.snapshot
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 exports[`snapshotFormatter > does not include a note if the snapshot is already verbose 1`] = `
-Note: there is a selected element in the DevTools Elements panel but it is not included into the current a11y tree snapshot.
-Get a verbose snapshot to include all elements if you are interested in the selected element.
-
 uid=1_1 checkbox "checkbox" checked
   uid=1_2 statictext "text"
 
@@ -14,6 +11,9 @@ uid=1_1 checkbox "checkbox" checked [selected in the DevTools Elements panel]
 `;
 
 exports[`snapshotFormatter > formats with DevTools data not included into a snapshot 1`] = `
+Note: there is a selected element in the DevTools Elements panel but it is not included into the current a11y tree snapshot.
+Get a verbose snapshot to include all elements if you are interested in the selected element.
+
 uid=1_1 checkbox "checkbox" checked
   uid=1_2 statictext "text"