diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto
index 20a7a40fa..b43c22f87 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -64,17 +64,23 @@ then
   fi
 fi
 
-echo "Updating letsencrypt and virtual environment dependencies..."
+echo -n "Updating letsencrypt and virtual environment dependencies..."
 if [ "$VERBOSE" = 1 ]  ; then
+  echo
   $VENV_BIN/pip install -U setuptools
   $VENV_BIN/pip install -U pip
   # nginx is buggy / disabled for now...
   $VENV_BIN/pip install -U letsencrypt letsencrypt-apache #letsencrypt-nginx
 else
   $VENV_BIN/pip install -U setuptools > /dev/null
+  echo -n .
   $VENV_BIN/pip install -U pip > /dev/null
+  echo -n .
   # nginx is buggy / disabled for now...
-  $VENV_BIN/pip install -U letsencrypt letsencrypt-apache > /dev/null
+  $VENV_BIN/pip install -U letsencrypt > /dev/null
+  echo -n .
+  $VENV_BIN/pip install -U letsencrypt-apache > /dev/null
+  echo
 fi
 
 # Explain what's about to happen, for the benefit of those getting sudo