@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func runAccept(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string)

 		}); err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

-		fmt.Println(id, "attempting to accept a node in the swarm.")

+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Node %s accepted in the swarm.", id)

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func runDemote(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string)

 		}); err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

-		fmt.Println(id, "attempting to demote a manager in the swarm.")

+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Manager %s demoted in the swarm.", id)

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func runPromote(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, flags *pflag.FlagSet, args []string

 		}); err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

-		fmt.Println(id, "attempting to promote a node to a manager in the swarm.")

+		fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "Node %s promoted to a manager in the swarm.", id)

 	}

 	return nil

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ func newUpdateCommand(dockerCli *client.DockerCli) *cobra.Command {

 		Short: "Update a node",

 		Args:  cli.ExactArgs(1),

 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

-			return runUpdate(dockerCli, args[0], mergeNodeUpdate(flags))

+			if err := runUpdate(dockerCli, args[0], mergeNodeUpdate(flags)); err != nil {

+				return err

+			}

+			fmt.Fprintln(dockerCli.Out(), args[0])

+			return nil

 		},

 	}

@@ -47,7 +51,6 @@ func runUpdate(dockerCli *client.DockerCli, nodeID string, mergeNode func(node *

 		return err

 	}

-	fmt.Fprintf(dockerCli.Out(), "%s\n", nodeID)

 	return nil

 }