diff --git a/bin/update b/bin/update
index 274aefa..8eb0126 100755
--- a/bin/update
+++ b/bin/update
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ update-wasm() {
         return
     fi
 
-    echo -e "\033[32;1m=== Updating wasmer ===\033[0m"
     local start=`date +%s`
+    echo -e "\033[32;1m=== Updating wasmer ===\033[0m"
 
     local old_path=$PWD
 
@@ -272,16 +272,11 @@ update-wasm() {
     git stash pop > /dev/null 2>&1
     cd $old_path
 
-    local seconds=$((`date +%s` - $start))
-    local formatted=`date -ud "@$seconds" +'%H hours %M minutes %S seconds'`
-    echo -e "\033[32;1m=== Wasm updated in $formatted ===\033[0m"
-
     command -v wapm > /dev/null 2>&1
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
         return
     fi
 
-    start=`date +%s`
     echo -e "\033[32;1m=== Updating wapm packages ===\033[0m"
 
     local output=$(wapm list -g | grep '^ _/' | cut -d '|' -f 1 | cut -d '/' -f 2 | while read package; do
@@ -298,14 +293,24 @@ update-wasm() {
     if [ "$output" != "" ]; then
         echo -e "$output\n"
     else
-        echo "No packages to update"
+        echo "No packages need updating."
     fi
 
+    local update_packages=0
     for package in $(echo "$output" | tail -n +2 | grep 'Yes' | cut -d ' ' -f 1); do
         echo Updating $package
         wapm install -g $package
+        update_packages=$(($update_packages + 1))
     done
 
+    if [ $update_packages -gt 1 ]; then
+        echo "1 package updated."
+    elif [ $update_packages -gt 0 ]; then
+        echo "$update_packages packages updated."
+    else
+        echo "No packages need updating."
+    fi
+
     local seconds=$((`date +%s` - $start))
     local formatted=`date -ud "@$seconds" +'%H hours %M minutes %S seconds'`
     echo -e "\033[32;1m=== Wapm packages updated in $formatted ===\033[0m"