diff --git a/howto/postgresql.md b/howto/postgresql.md
index 7c86bad1ae3b365a7dab31787a97326f64fd2032..bc652e9e86eb218b395f4bb8f1e2d3a597098e63 100644
--- a/howto/postgresql.md
+++ b/howto/postgresql.md
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@ This will run the `check` command on all configured backups:
 
 ```sh
 for stanza in $( ls /var/lib/pgbackrest/backup ); do
-    echo checking $stanza
     hostname=$(basename $stanza .torproject.org)
     sudo -u pgbackrest-$hostname pgbackrest  --stanza=$stanza check
 done
@@ -749,9 +748,8 @@ This can be used to check the status of all backups in batch:
 
 ```sh
 for stanza in $( ls /var/lib/pgbackrest/backup ); do
-    echo checking $stanza
     hostname=$(basename $stanza .torproject.org)
-    sudo -u pgbackrest-$hostname pgbackrest  --stanza=$stanza info
+    sudo -u pgbackrest-$hostname pgbackrest  --stanza=$stanza info | tail -12
 done
 ```