diff --git a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
index 3053b1c..f1591c9 100755
--- a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ if mount | grep ${trg_dir} > /dev/null; then
     echo "${trg_dir} is already mounted."
     echo "if you want to unmount this directory, please run:"
     echo "umount ${trg_dir}"
+    echo
 else
     echo "mounting source '${src_dir}' to target '${trg_dir}'."
 
@@ -62,14 +63,13 @@ the_file=/etc/fstab
 if [ -f "${the_file}" ]; then
     if ! more ${the_file} | grep 'syncDir'
     then
-        echo ""
         echo "" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
         echo "# auto mount syncDir" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
         echo "${src_dir}    ${trg_dir}    auto    defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
 
-        echo "> auto mount of syncDir added to '${the_file}'"
+        echo "> new: auto mount of syncDir added to '${the_file}'"
     else
-        echo "> auto mount of syncDir already existed in '${the_file}'"
+        echo "> no change: auto mount of syncDir found in '${the_file}'"
     fi
 fi