diff --git a/symlink_git_hooks.sh b/symlink_git_hooks.sh
index b1f5ef8..87cd6ca 100755
--- a/symlink_git_hooks.sh
+++ b/symlink_git_hooks.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Handy script to symlink version controlled hooks (from git_hooks/) to .git/hooks
+# Handy script to symlink version controlled hooks (from git_hooks/) to local hooks (.git/hooks/)
 
 HOOK_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/hooks
 for hook in "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"/git_hooks/*; do
   # If the hook already exists, is executable, and is not a symlink
   if [ ! -h "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" ] && [ -x "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" ]; then
+    echo "$hook already exists, renaming to $hook.local"
     mv "$HOOK_DIR/$hook" "$HOOK_DIR/$hook.local"
   fi
   # create the symlink, overwriting the file if it exists
   # probably the only way this would happen is if using an old version of git,
   # -- back when the sample hooks were not executable, instead of being named ____.sample
   ln -s -f "$hook" "$HOOK_DIR/"
+  echo "created symlink $hook"
 done
+echo "done"