diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
index f82fbb2b04f..c1d1c72c315 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ func tstWorkflowExec(t *testing.T, cells, workflow, sourceKs, targetKs, tables,
 		args = append(args, "--tablet-types", tabletTypes)
 	}
 	args = append(args, "--action_timeout=10m") // At this point something is up so fail the test
-	if debugMode {
-		t.Logf("Executing workflow command: vtctldclient %v", strings.Join(args, " "))
-	}
+	t.Logf("Executing workflow command: vtctldclient %s", strings.Join(args, " "))
 	output, err := vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(args...)
 	lastOutput = output
 	if err != nil {
@@ -746,6 +744,12 @@ func testPartialSwitches(t *testing.T) {
 	tstWorkflowSwitchReads(t, "", "")
 	checkStates(t, nextState, nextState) // idempotency
 
+	tstWorkflowReverseReads(t, "replica,rdonly", "")
+	checkStates(t, wrangler.WorkflowStateReadsSwitched, wrangler.WorkflowStateNotSwitched)
+
+	tstWorkflowSwitchReads(t, "", "")
+	checkStates(t, wrangler.WorkflowStateNotSwitched, wrangler.WorkflowStateReadsSwitched)
+
 	tstWorkflowSwitchWrites(t)
 	currentState = nextState
 	nextState = wrangler.WorkflowStateAllSwitched
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/wrappers_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/wrappers_test.go
index c91eeddcfd0..ab9a8eb9dfb 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/wrappers_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/wrappers_test.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func (v VtctldMoveTables) exec(args ...string) {
 	args2 := []string{"MoveTables", "--workflow=" + v.workflowName, "--target-keyspace=" + v.targetKeyspace}
 	args2 = append(args2, args...)
 	var err error
-	v.vc.t.Logf("Executing command: vtctldclient %s", strings.Join(args2, " "))
+	v.vc.t.Logf("Executing workflow command: vtctldclient %s", strings.Join(args2, " "))
 	v.lastOutput, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(args2...)
 	require.NoError(v.vc.t, err, "failed MoveTables action, error: %v: output: %s", err, v.lastOutput)
 }
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
index aea51898bc8..c339dcfbcd9 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
@@ -3199,9 +3199,10 @@ func (s *Server) WorkflowSwitchTraffic(ctx context.Context, req *vtctldatapb.Wor
 		(direction == DirectionBackward && !startState.WritesSwitched)
 
 	if direction == DirectionBackward && !onlySwitchingReads {
-		// This means that the reverse workflow exists. So we update the starting state
-		// so that we're using the reverse workflow and we can move forward with a normal
-		// traffic switch forward operation, from the reverse workflow's perspective.
+		// This means that the main workflow is FROZEN and the reverse workflow
+		// exists. So we update the starting state so that we're using the reverse
+		// workflow and we can move forward with a normal traffic switch forward
+		// operation, from the reverse workflow's perspective.
 		ts, startState, err = s.getWorkflowState(ctx, ts.sourceKeyspace, ts.reverseWorkflow)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err