diff --git a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
index 6eaf00e..4bc0c81 100644
--- a/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
+++ b/roles/backup/templates/s3backup.sh
@@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ if [ -n "${DIRS[*]}" ]; then
 	{% endfor %}
 	echo "Will upload resultant backups to {{ backup_s3_bucket }}"
 	if command -v restic > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo "Using restic for backups"
 		backup ${DIRS[*]}
 	else
+		echo "Using rudimentary tar and S3 for backups"
 		for dir in "${DIRS[@]}"; do
 			if [ "$dir" == "/data" ]; then
 				for datadir in "$dir"/*; do