diff --git a/cfbs/args.py b/cfbs/args.py
index 28bf28dd..ffdacb32 100644
--- a/cfbs/args.py
+++ b/cfbs/args.py
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ def get_arg_parser():
         action="store_true",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "--check-against-downloads",
-        help="Check whether downloadable files match git files in 'cfbs generate-release-information'",
+        "--check-against-git",
+        help="Check whether masterfiles from cfengine.com and github.com match in 'cfbs generate-release-information'",
         action="store_true",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
diff --git a/cfbs/cfbs.1 b/cfbs/cfbs.1
index 7b9794f0..c52295d2 100644
--- a/cfbs/cfbs.1
+++ b/cfbs/cfbs.1
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ Ignore versions.json. Necessary in case of a custom index or testing changes to
 Use existing masterfiles instead of downloading in 'cfbs generate-release-information'
 
 .TP
-\fB\-\-check\-against\-downloads\fR
-Check whether downloadable files match git files in 'cfbs generate-release-information'
+\fB\-\-check\-against\-git\fR
+Check whether masterfiles from cfengine.com and github.com match in 'cfbs generate-release-information'
 
 .TP
 \fB\-\-masterfiles\fR \fI\,MASTERFILES\/\fR
diff --git a/cfbs/main.py b/cfbs/main.py
index 5c08e8ee..ca1bc533 100644
--- a/cfbs/main.py
+++ b/cfbs/main.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ def main() -> int:
             % args.command
         )
 
-    if args.check_against_downloads and args.command != "generate-release-information":
+    if args.check_against_git and args.command != "generate-release-information":
         user_error(
-            "The option --check-against-downloads is only for 'cfbs generate-release-information', not 'cfbs %s'"
+            "The option --check-against-git is only for 'cfbs generate-release-information', not 'cfbs %s'"
             % args.command
         )
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def main() -> int:
 
     if args.command == "generate-release-information":
         return commands.generate_release_information_command(
-            omit_download=args.omit_download, check=args.check_against_downloads
+            omit_download=args.omit_download, check=args.check_against_git
         )
 
     if not is_cfbs_repo():
diff --git a/cfbs/masterfiles/generate_release_information.py b/cfbs/masterfiles/generate_release_information.py
index dcb25650..aec568fc 100644
--- a/cfbs/masterfiles/generate_release_information.py
+++ b/cfbs/masterfiles/generate_release_information.py
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ def generate_release_information(omit_download=False, check=False):
     else:
         downloaded_versions = immediate_subdirectories(DOWNLOAD_PATH)
 
-    print("Generating release information...")
-
+    print("Downloading releases of masterfiles from cfengine.com and generating release information...")
     generate_vcf_download(DOWNLOAD_PATH, downloaded_versions)
-    generate_vcf_git_checkout(downloaded_versions)
 
     if check:
+        print("Downloading releases of masterfiles from git (github.com) and generating additional release information for comparison...")
+        generate_vcf_git_checkout(downloaded_versions)
         print("Candidate release information generated.")
-        print("Checking that downloadable files match git files...")
+        print("Comparing files from cfengine.com and github.com...")
 
         check_download_matches_git(downloaded_versions)
 
-        print("Downloadable files match git files.")
-
-    print("Release information generation successfully finished.")
+        print("The masterfiles downloaded from github.com and cfengine.com match.")
+    else:
+        print("Release information successfully generated.")
+        print("See the results in ./versions.json, ./checksums.json, and ./files.json")
+        print("(Run again with --check-against-git to download and compare with files from git, and generate -git.json files)")