diff --git a/.profile b/.profile
index 61fb8ad7..801eab1e 100755
--- a/.profile
+++ b/.profile
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ if [ -d "$HOME/.dotfiles" ]; then
 	dotcmd='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles/ --work-tree=$HOME'
 	alias dot="$dotcmd"
 	alias dotupdate="\
-		$dotcmd submodule -q foreach git checkout master && \
-		$dotcmd submodule -q foreach git pull && \
-		$dotcmd pull && \
+		printf 'Updating submodules...\n'; \
+		$dotcmd submodule -q foreach --recursive 'git checkout -q master && git pull' && \
 		$dotcmd status"
 fi