diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 36bc467..ad2501a 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -50,4 +50,13 @@
 
    - Commits changes (to changelog etc) with message "Release <tag>"
    - Tags with the given <tag>
-   - Pushes the branch / tags
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+   - Pushes the branch / tags
+
+## git-ignore
+
+ To lazy to open up _.gitignore_? me too! simply pass some patterns:
+
+    $ git ignore build "*.o" "*.log"
+	... added 'build'
+	... added '*.o'
+	... added '*.log'
diff --git a/bin/git-ignore b/bin/git-ignore
index 015b4a9..b2d6d09 100755
--- a/bin/git-ignore
+++ b/bin/git-ignore
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if test $# -eq 0; then
   echo "arguments required" && exit 1
 else
   for pattern in $@; do
-    echo "... adding '$pattern' to .gitignore"
     echo $pattern >> .gitignore
+    echo "... added '$pattern'"
   done
 fi
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