diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/video.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/video.ts
index ad49b09bc2d7e..c6a5ac460f477 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/video.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/tools/backend/video.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ const videoStop = defineTool({
         ext: 'webm',
         suggestedFilename: fileName
       }, 'Video');
-      await response.addFileResult(resolvedFile, null);
+      await response.addFileResult({
+        ...resolvedFile,
+        printableLink: `- [Video](${resolvedFile.fileName})`,
+      }, null);
     }
   },
 });
diff --git a/tests/mcp/cli-devtools.spec.ts b/tests/mcp/cli-devtools.spec.ts
index 7fc023f5e35a2..c2db56eeda604 100644
--- a/tests/mcp/cli-devtools.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/mcp/cli-devtools.spec.ts
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ test('tracing-start-stop', async ({ cli, server }, testInfo) => {
   expect(fs.existsSync(testInfo.outputPath('.playwright-cli', 'traces', `trace-${timestamp}.network`))).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
-test('video-start-stop', async ({ cli, server }) => {
+test('video-start-stop', async ({ cli, server }, testInfo) => {
   await cli('open', server.HELLO_WORLD);
   const { output: videoStartOutput } = await cli('video-start', 'recordings/video.webm', '--size=400x300');
   expect(videoStartOutput).toContain('Video recording started.');
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ test('video-start-stop', async ({ cli, server }) => {
   const { output: tabCloseOutput } = await cli('tab-close');
   expect(tabCloseOutput).toContain(`0: (current) [](${server.EMPTY_PAGE})`);
   const { output: videoStopOutput } = await cli('video-stop');
-  expect(videoStopOutput).toContain(`### Result\n- [Video](recordings${path.sep}video.webm)\n- [Video](recordings${path.sep}video-1.webm)`);
+  expect(videoStopOutput).toContain(`### Result\n- [Video](${testInfo.outputPath('recordings', 'video.webm')})\n- [Video](${testInfo.outputPath('recordings', 'video-1.webm')})`);
 });
 
 test('video-chapter', async ({ cli, server }) => {
diff --git a/tests/mcp/video.spec.ts b/tests/mcp/video.spec.ts
index 3a1a0bbb67b32..8ce1de8e8cff2 100644
--- a/tests/mcp/video.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/mcp/video.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
 
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures';
 import type { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js';
@@ -95,6 +96,28 @@ test('reports missing ffmpeg, not missing browser, when recordVideo is enabled',
   });
 });
 
+test.describe('video tools', () => {
+  test.use({ mcpArgs: ['--caps=devtools'] });
+
+  test('browser_stop_video returns the absolute video path', async ({ client, server }, testInfo) => {
+    await navigateToTestPage(client, server);
+
+    expect(await client.callTool({
+      name: 'browser_start_video',
+      arguments: { filename: path.join('recordings', 'video.webm') },
+    })).toHaveResponse({
+      result: 'Video recording started.',
+    });
+
+    expect(await client.callTool({
+      name: 'browser_stop_video',
+      arguments: {},
+    })).toHaveResponse({
+      result: `- [Video](${testInfo.outputPath('recordings', 'video.webm')})`,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
 test.describe('action overlays', () => {
   test.use({ mcpArgs: ['--caps=devtools'] });