diff --git a/actions.go b/actions.go
index 98f01f65..0a749ba5 100644
--- a/actions.go
+++ b/actions.go
@@ -39,15 +39,16 @@ func upgradePkgs(flags []string) error {
 	aurUp, repoUp, err := upgrade.List()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
+	} else if len(aurUp)+len(repoUp) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\nthere is nothing to do")
+		return err
 	}
 
-	if len(aurUp)+len(repoUp) > 0 {
-		sort.Sort(repoUp)
-		fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;34;1m:: \x1b[0m\x1b[1m%d Packages to upgrade.\x1b[0m\n", len(aurUp)+len(repoUp))
-		upgrade.Print(len(aurUp), repoUp)
-		upgrade.Print(0, aurUp)
-		fmt.Print("\x1b[32mEnter packages you don't want to upgrade.\x1b[0m\nNumbers: ")
-	}
+	sort.Sort(repoUp)
+	fmt.Printf("\x1b[1;34;1m:: \x1b[0m\x1b[1m%d Packages to upgrade.\x1b[0m\n", len(aurUp)+len(repoUp))
+	upgrade.Print(len(aurUp), repoUp)
+	upgrade.Print(0, aurUp)
+	fmt.Print("\x1b[32mEnter packages you don't want to upgrade.\x1b[0m\nNumbers: ")
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
 
 	numberBuf, overflow, err := reader.ReadLine()
diff --git a/upgrade/u.go b/upgrade/u.go
index cdd43131..5a3b7907 100644
--- a/upgrade/u.go
+++ b/upgrade/u.go
@@ -140,12 +140,14 @@ func List() (aurUp Slice, repoUp Slice, err error) {
 	aurC := make(chan []Upgrade)
 	errC := make(chan error)
 
+	fmt.Println("\x1b[1;36;1m::\x1b[0m\x1b[1m Searching databases for updates...\x1b[0m")
 	go func() {
 		repoUpList, err := repo(local)
 		errC <- err
 		repoC <- repoUpList
 	}()
 
+	fmt.Println("\x1b[1;36;1m::\x1b[0m\x1b[1m Searching AUR for updates...\x1b[0m")
 	go func() {
 		aurUpList, err := aur(remote, remoteNames)
 		errC <- err