diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b91d6bd9..db219b09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 This changelog adheres to [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- (maint) Make deploy_signed_repos_to_s3 just a bit more verbose
 
 ## [0.122.2] - 2024-10-07
 ### Changed
diff --git a/lib/packaging/util/net.rb b/lib/packaging/util/net.rb
index 3eac2453..7357a0ce 100644
--- a/lib/packaging/util/net.rb
+++ b/lib/packaging/util/net.rb
@@ -216,15 +216,20 @@ def rsync_from(source, origin_host, dest, opts = {})
       )
     end
 
-    def s3sync_to(source, target_bucket, target_directory = "", flags = [])
+    def s3sync_to(source, target_bucket, target_directory = '', flags = [])
       s3cmd = Pkg::Util::Tool.check_tool('s3cmd')
+      s3cfg_path = File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg')
 
-      if Pkg::Util::File.file_exists?(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg'))
-        stdout, = Pkg::Util::Execution.capture3("#{s3cmd} sync #{flags.join(' ')} '#{source}' s3://#{target_bucket}/#{target_directory}/")
-        stdout
-      else
-        fail "#{File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg')} does not exist. It is required to ship files using s3cmd."
+      unless File.exist?(s3cfg_path)
+        fail "#{s3cfg_path} does not exist. It is required to ship files using s3cmd."
       end
+
+      sync_command = "#{s3cmd} sync #{flags.join(' ')} '#{source}' " \
+                     "s3://#{target_bucket}/#{target_directory}/"
+
+      stdout, = Pkg::Util::Execution.capture3(sync_command)
+
+      stdout
     end
 
     # This is fairly absurd. We're implementing curl by shelling out. What do I
diff --git a/spec/lib/packaging/util/net_spec.rb b/spec/lib/packaging/util/net_spec.rb
index b9b3c5ff..5a12410d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/packaging/util/net_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/packaging/util/net_spec.rb
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@
 
     it 'should fail if ~/.s3cfg is not present' do
       expect(Pkg::Util::Tool).to receive(:check_tool).with("s3cmd").and_return(s3cmd)
-      expect(Pkg::Util::File)
-        .to receive(:file_exists?)
+      expect(File)
+        .to receive(:exist?)
         .with(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg'))
         .and_return(false)
       expect { Pkg::Util::Net.s3sync_to('foo', 'bar', 'boo') }
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@
 
     it "should s3 sync 'thing' to 's3://foo@bar/home/foo/' with no flags" do
       expect(Pkg::Util::Tool).to receive(:check_tool).with("s3cmd").and_return(s3cmd)
-      expect(Pkg::Util::File)
-        .to receive(:file_exists?)
+      expect(File)
+        .to receive(:exist?)
         .with(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg'))
         .and_return(true)
       expect(Pkg::Util::Execution)
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@
 
     it "should s3sync 'thing' to 's3://foo@bar/home/foo/' with --delete-removed and --acl-public" do
       expect(Pkg::Util::Tool).to receive(:check_tool).with("s3cmd").and_return(s3cmd)
-      expect(Pkg::Util::File)
-        .to receive(:file_exists?)
+      expect(File)
+        .to receive(:exist?)
         .with(File.join(ENV['HOME'], '.s3cfg'))
         .and_return(true)
       expect(Pkg::Util::Execution)
diff --git a/tasks/nightly_repos.rake b/tasks/nightly_repos.rake
index 399720bb..9a7f2e15 100644
--- a/tasks/nightly_repos.rake
+++ b/tasks/nightly_repos.rake
@@ -181,15 +181,28 @@ namespace :pl do
     end
 
     task :deploy_signed_repos_to_s3, [:target_bucket] => "pl:fetch" do |t, args|
-      target_bucket = args.target_bucket or fail ":target_bucket is a required argument to #{t}"
+      fail ":target_bucket is a required argument to #{t}" unless args.target_bucket
+      target_bucket = args.target_bucket
 
-      # Ship it to the target for consumption
-      # First we ship the latest and clean up any repo-configs that are no longer valid with --delete-removed and --acl-public
-      Pkg::Util::Net.s3sync_to("pkg/#{Pkg::Config.project}-latest/", target_bucket, "#{Pkg::Config.project}-latest", ["--acl-public", "--delete-removed", "--follow-symlinks"])
-      # Then we ship the sha version with just --acl-public
-      Pkg::Util::Net.s3sync_to("pkg/#{Pkg::Config.project}/", target_bucket, Pkg::Config.project, ["--acl-public", "--follow-symlinks"])
+      # Ship it to the target for consumption.
 
-      puts "'#{Pkg::Config.ref}' of '#{Pkg::Config.project}' has been shipped via s3 to '#{target_bucket}'"
+      # First we ship the latest and clean up any repo-configs that
+      # are no longer valid with --delete-removed and --acl-public
+      source = "pkg/#{Pkg::Config.project}-latest/"
+      target_directory = "#{Pkg::Config.project}-latest",
+      puts("S3 sync from '#{Dir.pwd}/#{source}' to 's3://#{target_bucket}/#{target_directory}'")
+      Pkg::Util::Net.s3sync_to(source, target_bucket, target_directory,
+                               ['--acl-public', '--delete-removed', '--follow-symlinks'])
+
+      # Then we ship the sha version with just --acl-public
+      source = "pkg/#{Pkg::Config.project}/"
+      target_directory = Pkg::Config.project
+      puts("S3 sync from '#{Dir.pwd}/#{source}' to 's3://#{target_bucket}/#{target_directory}'")
+      Pkg::Util::Net.s3sync_to(source, target_bucket, target_directory,
+                               ['--acl-public', '--follow-symlinks'])
+
+      puts "'#{Pkg::Config.ref}' of '#{Pkg::Config.project}' has been uploaded to" \
+           "'s3://#{target_bucket}'"
     end
 
     task :generate_signed_repo_configs, [:target_prefix] => "pl:fetch" do |t, args|