diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
index e2be5d7f..9fdac3b9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class Releaser implements ReleaserPropertiesAware {
 		this.gradleUpdater.updateProjectFromBom(project, versions, versionFromScRelease,
 				assertSnapshots);
 		ProjectVersion changedVersion = new ProjectVersion(project);
-		log.info("\n\nProject was successfully updated to [{}]", changedVersion);
+		log.info("\n\nProject was successfully updated to [{}]", changedVersion.version);
 	}
 
 	public void buildProject(ProjectVersion versionFromScRelease) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/buildsystem/GradleUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/buildsystem/GradleUpdater.java
index c3b34bab..b17642ac 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/buildsystem/GradleUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/buildsystem/GradleUpdater.java
@@ -131,10 +131,6 @@ public class GradleUpdater implements ReleaserPropertiesAware {
 				Properties props = loadProps(file);
 				final Map<String, String> substitution = this.properties.getGradle()
 						.getGradlePropsSubstitution();
-				// TODO: Automatically should search for e.g. [reactor-pool] ->
-				// [reactorPoolVersion]
-				// TODO: [version] -> current project version
-				// reactorPoolVersion, 1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
 				props.forEach((key, value1) -> {
 					String projectName = projectName(parentName, substitution, key);
 					if (!this.projects.containsProject(projectName)) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectCommandExecutor.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectCommandExecutor.java
index 0043d41b..6fc5b44e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectCommandExecutor.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectCommandExecutor.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ class ProcessExecutor implements ReleaserPropertiesAware {
 	String runCommand(String[] commands, long waitTimeInMinutes) {
 		try {
 			String workingDir = this.workingDir;
-			log.debug(
+			log.info(
 					"Will run the command from [{}] via {} and wait for result for [{}] minutes",
 					workingDir, commands, waitTimeInMinutes);
 			ProcessBuilder builder = builder(commands, workingDir);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectVersion.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectVersion.java
index 5f9566c4..ad5db5ad 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectVersion.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/project/ProjectVersion.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.cloud.release.internal.tech.PomReader;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public class ProjectVersion implements Comparable<ProjectVersion> {
 
+	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ProjectVersion.class);
+
 	private static final Pattern SNAPSHOT_PATTERN = Pattern
 			.compile("^.*[\\.|\\-](BUILD-)?SNAPSHOT.*$");
 
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ public class ProjectVersion implements Comparable<ProjectVersion> {
 	public ProjectVersion(File project) {
 		File buildGradle = new File(project, "build.gradle");
 		if (buildGradle.exists()) {
+			log.info("Retrieving fresh Gradle project version information");
 			ProjectVersion projectVersion = gradleProject(buildGradle);
 			this.projectName = projectVersion.projectName;
 			this.version = projectVersion.version;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/SpringReleaser.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/SpringReleaser.java
index 84a0c207..4514fc24 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/SpringReleaser.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/SpringReleaser.java
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class SpringReleaser {
 	}
 
 	private void printVersionRetrieval() {
-		log.info("\n\n\n=== RETRIEVING VERSIONS ===\n\nWill clone the bom"
+		log.info("\n\n\n=== RETRIEVING VERSIONS ===\n\nWill clone the BOM project"
 				+ " to retrieve all versions");
 	}