diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index e2fefa46e55..853660f23da 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-09-28  Gerald Pfeifer  <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
+
+	* gcc_update (touch_files): Add some informative output.
+	
 2000-09-16  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
 	* gcc_update: Remove gcc/c-parse.gperf.
diff --git a/contrib/gcc_update b/contrib/gcc_update
index b0f00f469b0..ec91061948e 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc_update
+++ b/contrib/gcc_update
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ touch_files () {
 	    touch $f
 	    if is_out_of_date "$f" $deps; then
 		# Hmm, it may have got the same timestamp as one of
-		# its touched dependencies.  Wait a second and retry
+		# its touched dependencies.  Wait a second and retry.
 		sleep 1
+		echo Touching "$f" once more...
 		touch $f
 	    fi
 	fi