diff --git a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
index 8c04a895..ec7ec440 100644
--- a/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
+++ b/cli/catalogue/catalogue.go
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ keys configured on your account.
 			}
 
 			if isClean {
-				logrus.Fatalf("no changes discovered in %s, nothing to publish?", cataloguePath)
+				if !internal.Dry {
+					logrus.Fatalf("no changes discovered in %s, nothing to publish?", cataloguePath)
+				}
 			}
 
 			msg := "chore: publish new catalogue release changes"
@@ -235,10 +237,12 @@ keys configured on your account.
 			logrus.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		if !internal.Dry {
+		if !internal.Dry && internal.Publish {
 			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/recipes/commits/%s", config.REPOS_BASE_URL, head.Hash())
 			logrus.Infof("new changes published: %s", url)
-		} else {
+		}
+
+		if internal.Dry {
 			logrus.Info("dry run: no changes published")
 		}
 
diff --git a/cli/recipe/release.go b/cli/recipe/release.go
index 08be09c9..a72a34ea 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/release.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/release.go
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@ func commitRelease(recipe recipe.Recipe, tag string) error {
 	}
 
 	if isClean {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no changes discovered in %s, nothing to publish?", recipe.Dir())
+		if !internal.Dry {
+			return fmt.Errorf("no changes discovered in %s, nothing to publish?", recipe.Dir())
+		}
 	}
 
 	if internal.Publish {
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@ func pushRelease(recipe recipe.Recipe, tagString string) error {
 		if !internal.Dry {
 			url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/tags/%s", config.REPOS_BASE_URL, recipe.Name, tagString)
 			logrus.Infof("new release published: %s", url)
+		} else {
+			logrus.Info("dry run: no changes published")
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/git/remote.go b/pkg/git/remote.go
index 81659816..0d3c995b 100644
--- a/pkg/git/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/git/remote.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // CreateRemote creates a new git remote in a repository
 func CreateRemote(repo *git.Repository, name, url string, dryRun bool) error {
 	if dryRun {
-		logrus.Infof("dry run: remote %s (%s) not created", name, url)
+		logrus.Debugf("dry run: remote %s (%s) not created", name, url)
 		return nil
 	}