diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4c6513b..3b002562 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 5.0.2
+
+* "Database ... up to date" messages are now only shown if the verbose
+  flag is set. Pull request by Adam Weinberger. GitHub #219.
+
 ## 5.0.1 (2023-04-13)
 
 * The 5.0.0 release mistakenly set the file permissions on downloaded
diff --git a/pkg/geoipupdate/database/local_file_writer.go b/pkg/geoipupdate/database/local_file_writer.go
index 6d5c98c2..19388d56 100644
--- a/pkg/geoipupdate/database/local_file_writer.go
+++ b/pkg/geoipupdate/database/local_file_writer.go
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ func NewLocalFileWriter(
 // Write writes the result struct returned by a Reader to a database file.
 func (w *LocalFileWriter) Write(result *ReadResult) error {
 	// exit early if we've got the latest database version.
-	if w.verbose && strings.EqualFold(result.oldHash, result.newHash) {
-		log.Printf("Database %s up to date", result.editionID)
+	if strings.EqualFold(result.oldHash, result.newHash) {
+		if w.verbose {
+			log.Printf("Database %s up to date", result.editionID)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}