diff --git a/CmdLine.hs b/CmdLine.hs
index 1b5daadeb0..76402a8218 100644
--- a/CmdLine.hs
+++ b/CmdLine.hs
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ usage header cmds options =
 			cmdparams c ++
 			pad (longest cmdparams + 2) (cmdparams c) ++
 			cmddesc c
-		indent l = "  " ++ l
 		pad n s = replicate (n - length s) ' '
 		longest f = foldl max 0 $ map (length . f) cmds
 
diff --git a/Messages.hs b/Messages.hs
index 2b98622309..6f4ec1e626 100644
--- a/Messages.hs
+++ b/Messages.hs
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ showProgress :: Annex ()
 showProgress = verbose $ liftIO $ putStr "\n"
 
 showLongNote :: String -> Annex ()
-showLongNote s = verbose $ liftIO $ putStr $ "\n" ++ indented
-	where
-		indented = join "\n" $ map (\l -> "  " ++ l) $ lines s 
+showLongNote s = verbose $ liftIO $ putStr $ "\n" ++ indent s
+
 showEndOk :: Annex ()
 showEndOk = verbose $ liftIO $ putStrLn "ok"
 
@@ -48,9 +47,13 @@ showEndFail = verbose $ liftIO $ putStrLn "\nfailed"
 
 {- Exception pretty-printing. -}
 showErr :: (Show a) => a -> Annex ()
-showErr e = warning $ show e
+showErr e = warning $ "git-annex: " ++ show e
 
 warning :: String -> Annex ()
-warning s = do
+warning w = do
 	verbose $ liftIO $ putStr "\n"
-	liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ "git-annex: " ++ s ++ " "
+	liftIO $ hFlush stdout
+	liftIO $ hPutStrLn stderr $ indent w
+
+indent :: String -> String
+indent s = join "\n" $ map (\l -> "  " ++ l) $ lines s
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c675d1456d..92b21173c8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ git-annex (0.19) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * untrust: Now marks the current repository as untrusted.
   * semitrust: Now restores the default trust level. (What untrust used to do.)
   * fsck, drop: Take untrusted repositories into account.
-  * bugfix: Files were copied from trusted remotes first even if their
+  * Bugfix: Files were copied from trusted remotes first even if their
     annex.cost was higher than other remotes.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:07:51 -0400