diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 4ebfcf65d9..aec215e725 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ savestate() {
 restorestate() {
         if test -f "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
 	then
-		git reset --hard $head
+		git reset --hard $head >/dev/null
 		cpio -iuv <"$GIT_DIR/MERGE_SAVE"
 		git-update-index --refresh >/dev/null
 	fi
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 2b4f3477fa..ece31425d0 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Rewind the head to "$onto"; this saves our current head in ORIG_HEAD.
+echo "First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it..."
 git-reset --hard "$onto"
 
 # If the $onto is a proper descendant of the tip of the branch, then