diff --git a/app/commands/changelog.go b/app/commands/changelog.go
index 4233e15..ff798bf 100644
--- a/app/commands/changelog.go
+++ b/app/commands/changelog.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func ChangelogFlags(settings *app.ChangelogSettings) []cli.Flag {
 		},
 		&cli.BoolFlag{
 			Name:        "strict",
-			Usage:       "only show tags 'SemVer-ish'",
+			Usage:       "only include semver comliant tags",
 			Destination: &settings.Strict,
 		},
 		&cli.StringFlag{
diff --git a/app/commands/nextversion.go b/app/commands/nextversion.go
index cb7d4e4..fb7e8ec 100644
--- a/app/commands/nextversion.go
+++ b/app/commands/nextversion.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/thegeeklab/git-sv/app"
 	"github.com/thegeeklab/git-sv/sv"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -22,7 +23,12 @@ func NextVersionHandler(g app.GitSV) cli.ActionFunc {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error getting git log: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		nextVer, _ := g.CommitProcessor.NextVersion(currentVer, commits)
+		nextVer, updated := g.CommitProcessor.NextVersion(currentVer, commits)
+		if !updated {
+			log.Info().Msgf("nothing to do: current version %s unchanged", currentVer)
+
+			return nil
+		}
 
 		fmt.Printf("%d.%d.%d\n", nextVer.Major(), nextVer.Minor(), nextVer.Patch())
 
diff --git a/app/commands/tag.go b/app/commands/tag.go
index 75b0339..25980a9 100644
--- a/app/commands/tag.go
+++ b/app/commands/tag.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/thegeeklab/git-sv/app"
 	"github.com/thegeeklab/git-sv/sv"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
@@ -22,15 +23,20 @@ func TagHandler(g app.GitSV) cli.ActionFunc {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error getting git log: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		nextVer, _ := g.CommitProcessor.NextVersion(currentVer, commits)
+		nextVer, updated := g.CommitProcessor.NextVersion(currentVer, commits)
+		if !updated {
+			log.Info().Msgf("nothing to do: current version %s unchanged", currentVer)
+
+			return nil
+		}
+
 		tagname, err := g.Tag(*nextVer)
-
-		fmt.Println(tagname)
-
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error generating tag version: %s: %w", nextVer.String(), err)
 		}
 
+		fmt.Println(tagname)
+
 		return nil
 	}
 }