diff --git a/_make_tags.sh b/_make_tags.sh
index 2c83b35..2aed42a 100644
--- a/_make_tags.sh
+++ b/_make_tags.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ layout="posts-by-tag"
 for tag in `grep -h ^tags: _posts/* | sed -re 's/^tags: +\[//' -e 's/\]$//' -e 's/, /\n/g' | sort | uniq`
 do
     tag_file="blog/tag/${tag}.html"
+    echo -n "[$tag] "
 
     if [ ! -f $tag_file ]
     then
-        echo "Creating $tag_file"
+        echo "creating ($tag_file)"
 
         cat <<EOF > $tag_file
 ---
@@ -22,14 +23,21 @@ tag:    $tag
 ---
 EOF
     else
-        if ! egrep "^tag: +${tag}$" $tag_file 2>&1 > /dev/null
-        then
+        updated=0
+        if ! egrep "^tag: +${tag}$" $tag_file 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+            echo "adding tag"
             sed -i "0,/---/! s/---/tag:    $tag\\n---/" $tag_file
+            updated=1
         fi
 
-        if ! egrep "^layout: +" $tag_file 2>&1 > /dev/null
-        then
+        if ! egrep "^layout: +" $tag_file 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
+            echo "adding layout"
             sed -i "0,/---/! s/---/layout: $layout\\n---/" $tag_file
+            updated=1
+        fi
+
+        if [ $updated == 0 ]; then
+            echo ""
         fi
     fi
 done