diff --git a/src/editor/PlaySession.ts b/src/editor/PlaySession.ts
index 17bfcbce..4ea45351 100644
--- a/src/editor/PlaySession.ts
+++ b/src/editor/PlaySession.ts
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export class PlaySession {
     if (steady && !this.state.paused)
       return (
         `Recording "${steady.name}" not in real time: ${steady.seconds.toFixed(1)} s of video, ` +
-        `${steady.slower.toFixed(1)}x real time · Esc stops`
+        `${steady.speed.toFixed(2)}x real time · Esc stops`
       );
     if (this.state.paused) {
       const why = this.breakAt === null ? 'Paused' : `Break in ${this.breakAt}`;
diff --git a/src/viewport/GameRecorder.ts b/src/viewport/GameRecorder.ts
index 091b5464..6e278e9a 100644
--- a/src/viewport/GameRecorder.ts
+++ b/src/viewport/GameRecorder.ts
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ export class GameRecorder implements RecordingSink {
   }
 
   /**
-   * How far a recording not in real time has got (#423): seconds of video, and how many times
-   * longer it took; null while none records.
+   * How far a recording not in real time has got (#423): seconds of video, and its speed, seconds
+   * of video per second it took (0.2 is five times slower than real time); null while none records.
    */
-  steadyPace(): { name: string; seconds: number; slower: number } | null {
+  steadyPace(): { name: string; seconds: number; speed: number } | null {
     const info = this.take?.info();
     if (!info || info.realTime || info.state !== 'recording') return null;
     const seconds = info.durationMs / 1000;
-    return { name: info.name, seconds, slower: seconds > 0 ? info.tookMs / info.durationMs : 0 };
+    return { name: info.name, seconds, speed: info.tookMs > 0 ? info.durationMs / info.tookMs : 0 };
   }
 
   stop(): string {
diff --git a/src/viewport/RecordingTake.ts b/src/viewport/RecordingTake.ts
index 32f21479..6bf79f81 100644
--- a/src/viewport/RecordingTake.ts
+++ b/src/viewport/RecordingTake.ts
@@ -588,14 +588,14 @@ export class Take {
     this.tellPace();
   }
 
-  /** How much slower than real time a recording not in real time was made (#423). */
+  /** How fast a recording not in real time was made (#423): seconds of video per second it took. */
   private tellPace(): void {
     const pace = this.steady;
-    if (!pace || pace.seconds <= 0) return;
     const took = this.tookMs / 1000;
+    if (!pace || pace.seconds <= 0 || took <= 0) return;
     this.host.log(
       `Recording "${this.name}" took ${took.toFixed(1)} s for ${pace.seconds.toFixed(1)} s of video, ` +
-        `${(took / pace.seconds).toFixed(1)}x real time, and has every frame`,
+        `${(pace.seconds / took).toFixed(2)}x real time, and has every frame`,
       'info',
     );
   }