diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 943335aefee246fbc53e33002f11f8d5b25408a9..b962c2a575eedcaccb42ea434ed25b3552c30b30 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ while getopts "c:dv" flag; do
 	if [ "$1" = '-d' ] || [ "$1" = '--debug' ]; then
 		set -vx
 		VCSH_DEBUG=1
+		echo "debug mode on"
 		echo "$SELF $VERSION"
 	elif [ "$1" = '-v' ];then
 		VCSH_VERBOSE=1
+		echo "verbose mode on"
 		echo "$SELF $VERSION"
 	elif [ "$1" = '-c' ];then
 		VCSH_OPTION_CONFIG=$OPTARG