diff --git a/electrum b/electrum
index 3cc270b8a..2eebde373 100755
--- a/electrum
+++ b/electrum
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 })
             elif arg == 'stop':
                 network.stop_daemon()
+                print_msg("Daemon stopped")
             network.stop()
         else:
             print "unknown command \"%s\""% arg
diff --git a/lib/daemon.py b/lib/daemon.py
index 0dcfc6c0b..fba311257 100644
--- a/lib/daemon.py
+++ b/lib/daemon.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ def get_daemon(config, start_daemon=True):
         try:
             s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             s.connect(('', daemon_port))
+            if not daemon_started:
+                print_stderr("Connected to daemon on port %d"%daemon_port)
             return s
         except socket.error:
             if not start_daemon: