diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
index 95fdb383a46..62bb645f78e 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/vstream_test.go
@@ -775,13 +775,15 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 
 	vgtid := &binlogdatapb.VGtid{
 		ShardGtids: []*binlogdatapb.ShardGtid{{
-			Keyspace: "/.*", // Match all keyspaces just to be more realistic.
+			// Only stream the keyspace that we're resharding. Otherwise the client stream
+			// will continue to run with only the tablet stream from the global keyspace.
+			Keyspace: ks,
 		}}}
 
 	filter := &binlogdatapb.Filter{
 		Rules: []*binlogdatapb.Rule{{
-			// Only stream the customer table and its sequence backing table.
-			Match: "/customer.*",
+			// Stream all tables.
+			Match: "/.*",
 		}},
 	}
 	flags := &vtgatepb.VStreamFlags{
@@ -805,15 +807,13 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 						switch shard {
 						case "-80", "80-":
 							oldShardRowEvents++
-						case "0":
-							// We expect some for the sequence backing table, but don't care.
 						default:
 							require.FailNow(t, fmt.Sprintf("received event for unexpected shard: %s", shard))
 						}
 					case binlogdatapb.VEventType_VGTID:
 						newVGTID = ev.GetVgtid()
-						if len(newVGTID.GetShardGtids()) == 3 {
-							// We want a VGTID with a position for the global shard and the old shards.
+						// We want a VGTID with a ShardGtid for both of the old shards.
+						if len(newVGTID.GetShardGtids()) == 2 {
 							canStop := true
 							for _, sg := range newVGTID.GetShardGtids() {
 								if sg.GetGtid() == "" {
@@ -837,8 +837,8 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	// Confirm that we have shard GTIDs for the global shard and the old/original shards.
-	require.Len(t, newVGTID.GetShardGtids(), 3)
+	// Confirm that we have shard GTIDs for the old/original shards.
+	require.Len(t, newVGTID.GetShardGtids(), 2)
 	t.Logf("Position at end of first stream: %+v", newVGTID.GetShardGtids())
 
 	// Switch the traffic to the new shards.
@@ -846,8 +846,10 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Now start a new VStream from our previous VGTID which only has the old/original shards.
 	expectedJournalEvents := 2 // One for each old shard: -80,80-
+	var streamStopped bool     // We expect the stream to end with io.EOF from the reshard
 	runResumeStream := func() {
 		journalEvents = 0
+		streamStopped = false
 		t.Logf("Streaming from position: %+v", newVGTID.GetShardGtids())
 		reader, err := vstreamConn.VStream(ctx, topodatapb.TabletType_PRIMARY, newVGTID, filter, flags)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -861,7 +863,7 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 					case binlogdatapb.VEventType_ROW:
 						shard := ev.RowEvent.Shard
 						switch shard {
-						case "0", "-80", "80-":
+						case "-80", "80-":
 						default:
 							require.FailNow(t, fmt.Sprintf("received event for unexpected shard: %s", shard))
 						}
@@ -871,12 +873,10 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 						require.Equal(t, binlogdatapb.VEventType_BEGIN, evs[i-1].Type, "JOURNAL event not preceded by BEGIN event")
 						require.Equal(t, binlogdatapb.VEventType_VGTID, evs[i+1].Type, "JOURNAL event not followed by VGTID event")
 						require.Equal(t, binlogdatapb.VEventType_COMMIT, evs[i+2].Type, "JOURNAL event not followed by COMMIT event")
-						if journalEvents == expectedJournalEvents {
-							return
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			case io.EOF:
+				streamStopped = true
 				return
 			default:
 				require.FailNow(t, fmt.Sprintf("VStream returned unexpected error: %v", err))
@@ -897,6 +897,8 @@ func TestMultiVStreamsKeyspaceStopOnReshard(t *testing.T) {
 		// using StopOnReshard.
 		require.Equal(t, expectedJournalEvents, journalEvents,
 			"did not get expected journal events on resume vstream #%d", i)
+		// Confirm that the stream stopped on the reshard.
+		require.True(t, streamStopped, "the vstream did not stop with io.EOF as expected")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vstream_manager.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vstream_manager.go
index f56e1f963f8..8913e98b1c4 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vstream_manager.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vstream_manager.go
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ func (vs *vstream) streamFromTablet(ctx context.Context, sgtid *binlogdatapb.Sha
 						// We're going to be ending the tablet stream, so we ensure a reasonable
 						// minimum amount of time is alloted for clients to Recv the journal event
 						// before the stream's context is cancelled (which would cause the grpc
-						// Send or Recv to fail). If the client doesn't (grpc) Recv the journal
+						// SendMsg or RecvMsg to fail). If the client doesn't Recv the journal
 						// event before the stream ends then they'll have to resume from the last
 						// ShardGtid they received before the journal event.
 						endTimer := time.NewTimer(stopOnReshardDelay)