diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 62222dd8c73aadd762305f6a8be0a714c3055a9a..369c20731255afee16428b8e654d9788f2f5b3b5 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ static int test_if_untracked_cache_is_supported(void)
 	if (!mkdtemp(mtime_dir.buf))
 		die_errno("Could not make temporary directory");
 
-	fprintf(stderr, _("Testing "));
+	fprintf(stderr, _("Testing mtime in '%s' "), xgetcwd());
 	atexit(remove_test_directory);
 	xstat_mtime_dir(&st);
 	fill_stat_data(&base, &st);
@@ -1135,10 +1135,14 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 		add_untracked_ident(the_index.untracked);
 		the_index.cache_changed |= UNTRACKED_CHANGED;
-	} else if (untracked_cache == UC_DISABLE && the_index.untracked) {
-		free_untracked_cache(the_index.untracked);
-		the_index.untracked = NULL;
-		the_index.cache_changed |= UNTRACKED_CHANGED;
+		report(_("Untracked cache enabled for '%s'"), get_git_work_tree());
+	} else if (untracked_cache == UC_DISABLE) {
+		if (the_index.untracked) {
+			free_untracked_cache(the_index.untracked);
+			the_index.untracked = NULL;
+			the_index.cache_changed |= UNTRACKED_CHANGED;
+		}
+		report(_("Untracked cache disabled"));
 	}
 
 	if (active_cache_changed) {