diff --git a/Backend/File.hs b/Backend/File.hs
index 8351778568..c67fb3ce33 100644
--- a/Backend/File.hs
+++ b/Backend/File.hs
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ checkKeyNumCopies key = do
 	let present = length remotes + if inannex then 1 else 0
 	if (present < needed)
 		then do
-			showLongNote $ note present needed
+			warning $ note present needed
 			return False
 		else return True
 	where
 		note 0 _ = "** No known copies of the file exist!"
 		note present needed = 
 			"Only " ++ show present ++ " of " ++ show needed ++ 
-			" copies exist. " ++
+			" copies of "++show key++" exist. " ++
 			"Run git annex get somewhere else to back it up."
diff --git a/Backend/SHA1.hs b/Backend/SHA1.hs
index 9e9000ba93..46667c9cda 100644
--- a/Backend/SHA1.hs
+++ b/Backend/SHA1.hs
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ checkKeySHA1 key = do
 				then return True
 				else do
 					dest <- moveBad key
-					showLongNote $ "Bad file content; moved to "++dest
+					warning $ "Bad file content; moved to "++dest
 					return False
diff --git a/Backend/WORM.hs b/Backend/WORM.hs
index 3749899968..4e2177fed0 100644
--- a/Backend/WORM.hs
+++ b/Backend/WORM.hs
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ checkKeySize key = do
 				then return True
 				else do
 					dest <- moveBad key
-					showLongNote $ "Bad file size; moved to "++dest
+					warning $ "Bad file size; moved to "++dest
 					return False
diff --git a/Command/Unused.hs b/Command/Unused.hs
index 7a34d393cd..ae189550ce 100644
--- a/Command/Unused.hs
+++ b/Command/Unused.hs
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ start = do
 
 perform :: SubCmdPerform
 perform = do
-	ok <- checkUnused
-	if ok
-		then return $ Just $ return True
-		else return Nothing
+	_ <- checkUnused
+	return $ Just $ return True
 
 checkUnused :: Annex Bool
 checkUnused = do
diff --git a/Messages.hs b/Messages.hs
index ed4f3b90a1..7dafa8284e 100644
--- a/Messages.hs
+++ b/Messages.hs
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ showErr :: (Show a) => a -> Annex ()
 showErr e = warning $ show e
 
 warning :: String -> Annex ()
-warning s = liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ "git-annex: " ++ s
+warning s = do
+	verbose $ liftIO $ putStr "\n"
+	liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ "git-annex: " ++ s
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b6a426d1ff..a6d95ab69e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ git-annex (0.07) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * unused: New subcommand, finds unused data. (Split out from fsck.)
   * dropunused: New subcommand, provides for easy dropping of unused keys
     by number, as listed by the unused subcommand.
+  * fsck: Print warnings to stderr; --quiet can now be used to only see
+    problems.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:34:49 -0400
 
diff --git a/doc/walkthrough.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
index a1a8882425..281f460506 100644
--- a/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
+++ b/doc/walkthrough.mdwn
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ eliminate it to save space.
 	    2       WORM:1289672605:14:file
 	  (To see where data was previously used, try: git log --stat -S'KEY')
 	  (To remove unwanted data: git-annex dropunused NUMBER)
-	failed
+	ok
 
 After running `git annex unused`, you can follow the instructions to examine
 the history of files that used the data, and if you decide you don't need that
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ setting is satisfied for all files.
 	# git annex fsck
 	unused  (checking for unused data...) ok
 	fsck my_cool_big_file (checksum...) ok
-	......
+	...
 
 You can also specifiy the files to check.  This is particularly useful if 
 you're using sha1 and don't want to spend a long time checksumming everything.
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ might say about a badly messed up annex:
 
 	# git annex fsck
 	fsck my_cool_big_file (checksum...)
-	  Bad file content; moved to .git/annex/bad/SHA1:7da006579dd64330eb2456001fd01948430572f2
-	  ** No known copies of the file exist!
+	git-annex: Bad file content; moved to .git/annex/bad/SHA1:7da006579dd64330eb2456001fd01948430572f2
+	git-annex: ** No known copies of the file exist!
 	failed
 	fsck important_file
-	  Only 1 of 2 copies exist. Run git annex get somewhere else to back it up.
+	git-annex: Only 1 of 2 copies exist. Run git annex get somewhere else to back it up.
 	failed
 	git-annex: 2 failed