diff --git a/bin/create_config.sh b/bin/create_config.sh
index 7676648b86d1442753ed45e989d91100867a4e6e..87bdced4256ee8f2166978846155022e82efea43 100755
--- a/bin/create_config.sh
+++ b/bin/create_config.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ replacefile=$*
 test -z "$replacefile" && replacefile="replace*.txt"
 
 tmpfile=/tmp/myreplacement.tmp
-usage="`basename $0` TEMPLATE-FILE OUTFILE [optional: REPLACE-DATA-FILE]"
+usage="USAGE: $( basename $0 ) TEMPLATE-FILE OUTFILE [optional: REPLACE-DATA-FILE(S)]"
 
 # cfgdiff is set in setProfile in ../deploy_app.sh while running through a profile
 # if create_config.sh is used standalone we hide the output
diff --git a/deploy_app.sh b/deploy_app.sh
index 02a1b0c7351f1ee7a058749f5d25006ab59f7b11..c1a0a1eb43bae0079b1e4cb26d2c6ac11d4f023d 100755
--- a/deploy_app.sh
+++ b/deploy_app.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ function run_task(){
     if [ -x "${taskscript}" ]; then
         echo "INFO: starting script ${taskscript}..."
         . "${taskscript}" || exit 10
+        echo "DONE: script ${taskscript}"
     else
         test -f "${taskscript}" && ( echo "SKIP: task script ${taskscript} is not executable." ; ls -l "${taskscript}")
         test -f "${taskscript}" || echo "SKIP: task script ${taskscript} does not exist."