diff --git a/patroni/ctl.py b/patroni/ctl.py
index 3e981b45..3a0d2a17 100644
--- a/patroni/ctl.py
+++ b/patroni/ctl.py
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ def _do_failover_or_switchover(action: str, cluster_name: str, group: Optional[i
             config.is_synchronous_mode,
             not cluster.sync.is_empty,
             not cluster.sync.matches(candidate, True))):
-        if click.confirm(f'Are you sure you want to failover to the asynchronous node {candidate}'):
+        if not click.confirm(f'Are you sure you want to failover to the asynchronous node {candidate}?'):
             raise PatroniCtlException('Aborting ' + action)
 
     scheduled_at_str = None
diff --git a/tests/test_ctl.py b/tests/test_ctl.py
index a174b03d..badbeca1 100644
--- a/tests/test_ctl.py
+++ b/tests/test_ctl.py
@@ -226,18 +226,20 @@ class TestCtl(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertIn('Supplying a leader name using this command is deprecated', result.output)
             failover_func_mock.assert_called_once_with('switchover', 'dummy', None, 'leader', None, False)
 
-        # Failover to an async member in sync mode (confirm)
         cluster = get_cluster_initialized_with_leader(sync=('leader', 'other'))
         cluster.members.append(Member(0, 'async', 28, {'api_url': 'http://127.0.0.1:8012/patroni'}))
         cluster.config.data['synchronous_mode'] = True
         with patch('patroni.dcs.AbstractDCS.get_cluster', Mock(return_value=cluster)):
+            # Failover to an async member in sync mode (confirm)
             result = self.runner.invoke(ctl,
                                         ['failover', 'dummy', '--group', '0', '--candidate', 'async'], input='y\ny')
             self.assertIn('Are you sure you want to failover to the asynchronous node async', result.output)
+            self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 0)
 
-        # Failover to an async member in sync mode (abort)
-        result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['failover', 'dummy', '--group', '0', '--candidate', 'async'], input='N')
-        self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 1)
+            # Failover to an async member in sync mode (abort)
+            result = self.runner.invoke(ctl, ['failover', 'dummy', '--group', '0', '--candidate', 'async'], input='N')
+            self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 1)
+            self.assertIn('Aborting failover', result.output)
 
     @patch('patroni.dynamic_loader.iter_modules', Mock(return_value=['patroni.dcs.dummy', 'patroni.dcs.etcd']))
     def test_get_dcs(self):