diff --git a/hack/manifests/crdgen.sh b/hack/manifests/crdgen.sh
index 21e5b959c0f8..e75feab2af32 100755
--- a/hack/manifests/crdgen.sh
+++ b/hack/manifests/crdgen.sh
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ add_header() {
 controller-gen crd:maxDescLen=0 paths=./pkg/apis/... output:dir=manifests/base/crds/full
 
 find manifests/base/crds/full -name 'argoproj.io*.yaml' | while read -r file; do
-  echo "Patching ${file}"
   # remove junk fields
   go run ./hack/manifests cleancrd "$file"
   add_header "$file"
   # create minimal
   minimal="manifests/base/crds/minimal/$(basename "$file")"
-  echo "Creating ${minimal}"
+  echo "Creating minimal CRD file: ${minimal}"
   cp "$file" "$minimal"
   go run ./hack/manifests removecrdvalidation "$minimal"
 done