diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3e61f0..f54a278 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ REMOTE="local"
 
 while read oldrev newrev ref
 do
+        echo "Ref $ref (${newrev:0:7}) received."
         # only checking out the master (or whatever branch you would like to deploy)
         if [ "$ref" = "refs/heads/master" ];
         then
@@ -24,13 +25,13 @@ do
                 PROD_BR=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
                 if [ $PROD_BR != "master" ];
                 then
-                        echo "Production repo is on $PROD_BR branch. Aborting..."
+                        echo "Doing nothing: production repo is on $PROD_BR branch."
                 else
-                        echo "Ref $ref (${newrev:0:7}) received. Deploying master branch to production..."
+                        echo "Deploying master branch to production..."
                         git pull --ff-only $REMOTE master
                 fi
         else
-                echo "Ref $ref received. Doing nothing: only the master branch may be deployed on this server."
+                echo "Doing nothing: only the master branch may be deployed on this server."
         fi
 done
 ```