diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/emplace.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/emplace.py
index 39d008402..5d3d60b3b 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/emplace.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/emplace.py
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ def _get_pdfium_with_cache(pl_name, req_ver, req_flags, use_v8):
     else:
         update_binary = True
     
-    if update_binary:  # TODO better repr
-        print(f"Updating to {req_ver} {req_flags}", file=sys.stderr)
+    if update_binary:
+        flags_repr = ":{%s}" % ",".join(req_flags) if req_flags else ""
+        print(f"Downloading binary {req_ver}{flags_repr} ...", file=sys.stderr)
         update_pdfium.main([pl_name], version=req_ver, use_v8=use_v8)
     else:
-        print("Using cache")
+        print("Using cached binary")
     
     # build_pdfium_bindings() has its own cache logic, so always call to ensure bindings match
     compile_lds = [DataDir/Host.platform] if pl_name == Host.platform else []
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
index 137143b43..1dc527ce3 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
@@ -433,9 +433,11 @@ def build_pdfium_bindings(version, headers_dir=None, flags=[], run_lds=["."], **
     if bind_path.exists() and ver_path.exists():
         prev_info = read_json(ver_path)
         if prev_info == curr_info:
+            print(f"Using cached bindings", file=sys.stderr)
             return
         else:
-            print(f"{prev_info} != {curr_info}")
+            print(f"Rebuilding bindings ...", file=sys.stderr)
+            # print(f"{prev_info} != {curr_info}", file=sys.stderr)
     
     if not headers_dir.exists() or not list(headers_dir.glob("fpdf*.h")):
         print("Downloading headers ...", file=sys.stderr)