diff --git a/cli/cumulusci.py b/cli/cumulusci.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/cli/cumulusci.py
+++ b/cli/cumulusci.py
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ def beta_deploy(config, tag, commit, run_tests, retries):
             raise e
 
         if error.find('Error: Invalid Package, Details: This package is not yet available') == -1 and error.find('Error: InstalledPackage version number : %s does not exist!' % package_version) == -1:
+            click.echo("Not retrying because no log lines were found to trigger a retry")
             raise e
 
         click.echo("Retrying installation of %s due to package unavailable error.  Sleeping for 1 minute before retrying installation.  %s retries remain" % (package_version, retries - 1))
Add better output to show what is happening with beta_deploy retries