diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 57c8f02c63..fada07f728 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 
 for i in matrix-js-sdk matrix-react-sdk
 do
+    echo "Checking version of $i..."
     depver=`cat package.json | jq -r .dependencies[\"$i\"]`
     latestver=`yarn info -s $i dist-tags.next`
     if [ "$depver" != "$latestver" ]