diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e54dbf2..d51d5c9 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 1.79
 
 * Extract dependencies from tests.
+* curl doesn't tell us what it is downloading, so be more verbose.
+* Don't download files with curl unless they've been modified.
 
 1.78    2009-01-16
 
diff --git a/cpanget b/cpanget
index 936643f..90b39f6 100755
--- a/cpanget
+++ b/cpanget
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p $( dirname $packages )
 
-curl $quiet -R -o $packages $CPAN/modules/$( basename $packages )
+[ -z "$quiet" ] && echo "Fetching $( basename $packages )..." >&2
+curl $quiet -R -z $packages -o $packages $CPAN/modules/$( basename $packages )
 
 for module in "$@" ; do
     tar=$( zgrep '^'$module' ' $packages | awk '{print $3}' )
@@ -66,7 +67,11 @@ for module in "$@" ; do
     fi
 
     if [ $only_url -eq 0 ] ; then
-        curl $quiet -R -o "$( basename $tar )" $CPAN/authors/id/$tar
+        [ -z "$quiet" ] && echo "Fetching $tar..." >&2
+        curl $quiet -R \
+            -z "$( basename $tar )" \
+            -o "$( basename $tar )" \
+            $CPAN/authors/id/$tar
     else
         echo "$module: $CPAN/authors/id/$tar"
     fi