diff --git a/sandbox/release.py b/sandbox/release.py
index ae507ad0a..5cb7f0d4d 100644
--- a/sandbox/release.py
+++ b/sandbox/release.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if len(sys.argv) < 3:
         error('Usage: %s <sf username> <version>\n' % sys.argv[0])
 
+    print 'Check version string for validity.' 
     (u, v) = sys.argv[1:]
     if not re.match(r'^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\w*$', v):
         error('Invalid version string: '
@@ -41,26 +42,32 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         error('I need to make the directory "supybot" but it already exists.'
               '  Change to an appropriate directory or rmeove the supybot '
               'directory to continue.')
+    print 'Checking out fresh tree from CVS.'
     system('cvs -d:ext:%s@cvs.sf.net:/cvsroot/supybot co supybot' % u)
     os.chdir('supybot')
         
+    print 'Checking RELNOTES version line.'
     if firstLine('RELNOTES') != 'Version %s' % v:
         error('Invalid first line in RELNOTES.')
 
+    print 'Checking ChangeLog version line.'
     (first, _, third) = firstLines('ChangeLog', 3)
     if not re.match(r'^200\d-\d{2}-\d{2}\s+\w+.*<\S+@\S+>$', first):
         error('Invalid first line in ChangeLog.')
     if not re.match(r'^\t\* Version %s!$' % v, third):
         error('Invalid third line in ChangeLog.')
     
+    print 'Updating version in version files.'
     versionFiles = ('src/conf.py', 'scripts/supybot', 'setup.py')
     for fn in versionFiles:
         sh = 'perl -pi -e "s/^version\s*=.*/version = \'%s\'/" %s' % (v, fn)
         system(sh, 'Error changing version in %s' % fn)
     system('cvs commit -m "Updated to %s." %s' % (v, ' '.join(versionFiles)))
 
+    print 'Tagging release.'
     system('cvs tag -F release-%s' % v.replace('.', '_'))
 
+    print 'Removing test, sandbox, CVS, and .cvsignore.'
     shutil.rmtree('test')
     shutil.rmtree('sandbox')
     system('find . -name CVS | xargs rm -rf')
@@ -68,14 +75,19 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     os.chdir('..')
     dirname = 'Supybot-%s' % v
+    print 'Renaming directory to %s.' % dirname
     if os.path.exists(dirname):
         shutil.rmtree(dirname)
     shutil.move('supybot', dirname)
 
+    print 'Creating tarball (gzip).'
     system('tar czvf Supybot-%s.tar.gz %s' % (v, dirname))
+    print 'Creating tarball (bzip2).'
     system('tar cjvf Supybot-%s.tar.bz2 %s' % (v, dirname))
+    print 'Creating zip.'
     system('zip -r Supybot-%s.zip %s' % (v, dirname))
 
+    print 'Uploading package files to upload.sf.net.'
     ftp = ftplib.FTP('upload.sf.net')
     ftp.login()
     ftp.cwd('incoming')
@@ -87,5 +99,16 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         ftp.storbinary('STOR %s' % filename, file(filename))
     ftp.close()
 
+    print 'Copying new version.txt over to project webserver.'
+    system('echo %s > version.txt' % v)
+    system('scp version.txt %s@shell.sf.net:/home/groups/s/su/supybot/htdocs'%u)
+
+    print 'Committing %s+cvs to version files.' % v
+    for fn in versionFiles:
+        sh = 'perl -pi -e "s/^version\s*=.*/version = \'%s\'/" %s' % \
+             (v + '+cvs', fn)
+        system(sh, 'Error changing version in %s' % fn)
+    system('cvs commit -m "Updated to %s." %s' % (v, ' '.join(versionFiles)))
+
 # This is the part where we do our release on Freshmeat using XMLRPC and
 # <gasp> ESR's software to do it: http://freshmeat.net/p/freshmeat-submit/