diff --git a/abuild b/abuild
index 4a17b73..4bac915 100755
--- a/abuild
+++ b/abuild
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ default_cmds="checkdeps clean fetch checkmd5 unpack rootpkg"
 all_cmds="checksum fetch unpack rootpkg build package cleancache clean srcpkg"
 
 # functions
-vecho() {
+msg() {
 	local sub=
 	[ -n "$INSUB" ] && sub="(sub)"
-	[ -z "$quiet" ] && echo ">>> $pkgname:" "$@" $sub >&2
+	[ -z "$quiet" ] && echo ">>> $pkgname $sub:" "$@" >&2
 }
 
 warning() {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ warning() {
 
 die() {
 	quiet=
-	vecho "$@" >&2
+	msg "$@" >&2
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ cleanpkg() {
 
 runpart() {
 	local part=$1
-	vecho "$part"
+	msg "$part"
 	$part || die "$part failed"
 }
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ trap 'die "Aborted by user"' INT
 
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
 	if up2date && [ -z "$force" ]; then
-		vecho "Package is up to date"
+		msg "Package is up to date"
 	else
 		set $default_cmds
 	fi