diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/dump.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/dump.c
index d206e98be25683970ec41a5d556a1be7b625f008..2c1b65b2552d09ce53cef5d0a580acf463c4cef5 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/dump.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/dump.c
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ generate_old_dump(void)
 {
 	int			dbnum;
 
-	prep_status("Creating catalog dump\n");
-
-	pg_log(PG_REPORT, OVERWRITE_MESSAGE, "global objects");
+	prep_status("Creating dump of global objects");
 
 	/* run new pg_dumpall binary for globals */
 	exec_prog(UTILITY_LOG_FILE, NULL, true,
@@ -28,6 +26,9 @@ generate_old_dump(void)
 			  new_cluster.bindir, cluster_conn_opts(&old_cluster),
 			  log_opts.verbose ? "--verbose" : "",
 			  GLOBALS_DUMP_FILE);
+	check_ok();
+
+	prep_status("Creating dump of database schemas\n");
 
  	/* create per-db dump files */
 	for (dbnum = 0; dbnum < old_cluster.dbarr.ndbs; dbnum++)
diff --git a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
index bdc6d133d099aa0cb2cae6cec0178df2d987551c..c12f15b875bc7dad49ab6e2baa30f57f1b0e1c58 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_upgrade/pg_upgrade.c
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ prepare_new_databases(void)
 
 	set_frozenxids();
 
-	prep_status("Creating databases in the new cluster");
+	prep_status("Restoring global objects in the new cluster");
 
 	/*
 	 * Install support functions in the global-object restore database to
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ create_new_objects(void)
 	}
 	check_ok();
 
-	prep_status("Restoring database schema to new cluster\n");
+	prep_status("Restoring database schemas in the new cluster\n");
 
 	for (dbnum = 0; dbnum < old_cluster.dbarr.ndbs; dbnum++)
 	{