diff --git a/git-mirror.sh b/git-mirror.sh
index 506c0cd..cd1160c 100755
--- a/git-mirror.sh
+++ b/git-mirror.sh
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ for branchspec in "${branches[@]}"; do
 		follower_ref="refs/remotes/$remote/$branch"
 
 		if ! ref_exists "$follower_ref"; then
-			echo "Branch doesn't exist yet at remote, creating"
+			echo "Branch doesn't yet exist at remote, creating"
 			git reset --hard "$leader_sha" --
 			git push "$remote" "+HEAD:$branch" || { error "$remote $branch: failed to push"; continue; }
 
 		elif is_ref_at_sha "$follower_ref" "$leader_sha"; then
-			echo "Branch up to date"
+			echo "Already up to date"
 
 		else
-			echo "Branch existed at remote, updating"
+			echo "Branch exists at remote, updating"
 			git reset --hard "$follower_ref" --
 			git merge --ff-only "$leader_sha" || { error "$remote $branch: FF not possible"; continue; }
 			git push "$remote" "+HEAD:$branch" || { error "$remote $branch: failed to push"; continue; }