diff --git a/runtime/rtss_limit.c b/runtime/rtss_limit.c
index 821eb7d9..4abee1cf 100644
--- a/runtime/rtss_limit.c
+++ b/runtime/rtss_limit.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ static RtssState S = RTSS_STATE_INIT;   // the worker's decisions (rtss_decide.h
 static int has_denominator;   // this RTSS knows FramerateLimitDenominator
 static int had_profile;       // the profile existed before this run changed it
 static DWORD old_limit, old_denominator = 1;
+static int creations, removals;   // the profile's "created" and "removed" lines this run, numbered for the log (under lock)
 
 // RTSS's shared memory as rtss_parse reads it: whether RTSS runs, whether it lists this process, and its frame count.
 static void rtss_map(RtssApp *a) {
@@ -170,8 +171,9 @@ static int apply(void *ctx, int64_t mhz, int first, int clear) {
         return RTSS_WROTE_READONLY;
     }
     if (first) {
-        if (!had_profile)
-            rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s created; it goes away when the game closes", profile);
+        if (!had_profile)   // numbered: a want that flips between a limit and kept out creates it again at each flip
+            rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s created; it goes away when the game closes "
+                   "(creation %d this run)", profile, ++creations);
         else
             rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s held a limit of %lu/%lu; it gets that back when the "
                    "game closes", profile, old_limit, old_denominator);
@@ -198,7 +200,8 @@ static int apply(void *ctx, int64_t mhz, int first, int clear) {
 static void put_back(void) {
     if (!had_profile) {
         delete_profile(profile);
-        rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s removed, as before the game started", profile);
+        rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s removed, as before the game started (removal %d this "
+               "run)", profile, ++removals);
     } else if (write_limit(old_limit, old_denominator) > 0) {
         rt_log("frame rate: RivaTuner Statistics Server profile %s has its limit of %lu/%lu back", profile, old_limit,
                old_denominator);
diff --git a/tests/rtss_worker_check.c b/tests/rtss_worker_check.c
index d43a5925..b4a17aaa 100644
--- a/tests/rtss_worker_check.c
+++ b/tests/rtss_worker_check.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ static void library_run(void) {
 }
 
 // Low latency switching on and off at every poll (the want flips between a limit and kept out): each switch writes or
-// puts back the profile, as it stands.
+// puts back the profile, as it stands, and the log numbers each creation and removal so a play-test can count them.
 static void churn_run(void) {
     app_set(1, 0xA, 1000, 2000, 60);
     ask(60000);
@@ -648,6 +648,12 @@ static void churn_run(void) {
     }
     show("ten polls with the want flipping");
     CHECK(created == 6 && removed == 5, "%ld creations, %ld removals", created, removed);
+    CHECK(logged("created; it goes away when the game closes (creation 1 this run)\n") &&
+              logged("(creation 6 this run)\n") && !logged("(creation 7"),
+          "the created lines are numbered");
+    CHECK(logged("removed, as before the game started (removal 1 this run)\n") && logged("(removal 5 this run)\n") &&
+              !logged("(removal 6"),
+          "the removed lines are numbered");
     CHECK(rtss_limit_active(), "RTSS limits after the last want of a limit");
 }