diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
index 4ac9845..7e7c32c 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ gitdir=$2
 ##
 # main
 if [ -e "${gitdir}/.git" ]; then
-    echo "${gitdir} already exists."
-    echo "Try 'portzap pull' instead."
+    echo "[-] ${gitdir} exists."
+    echo "[-] Try 'portzap pull'"
     exit 1
 fi
 umask u=rwX,g=rwX,o=
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
index c8fc515..69355dc 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [ -e "${gitdir}/.git" ]; then
     cd "${gitdir}"
     git pull --rebase origin hardenedbsd/main
 else
-    echo "A copy of the hardenedbsd ports tree wasn't found."
-    echo "Try 'portzap clone' instead."
+    echo "[-] ${gitdir} is not a valid git repository."
+    echo "[-] Try 'portzap clone'"
     exit 1
 fi