diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-index.c b/src/mu-cmd-index.c
index a8603880..2ebd11a9 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-index.c
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-index.c
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ mu_cmd_index (MuConfigOptions *opts)
 				   NULL, NULL);
 		if (!opts->nocleanup && !MU_CAUGHT_SIGNAL) {
 			stats._processed = 0; /* start over */
-			g_print ("\n");
+			if (!opts->quiet)
+				g_print ("\n");
 			g_message ("Cleaning up missing messages");
 			mu_index_cleanup (midx, &stats,
 					  opts->quiet ?
diff --git a/src/mu-cmd-index.h b/src/mu-cmd-index.h
index 050c9d87..7461eb99 100644
--- a/src/mu-cmd-index.h
+++ b/src/mu-cmd-index.h
@@ -23,7 +23,23 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include "mu-config.h"
 
+/** 
+ * execute the 'index' command
+ * 
+ * @param opts configuration options
+ * 
+ * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ */
 gboolean mu_cmd_index   (MuConfigOptions *opts);
+
+
+/** 
+ * execute the 'cleanup' command
+ * 
+ * @param opts configuration options
+ * 
+ * @return TRUE if the command succeede, FALSE otherwise
+ */
 gboolean mu_cmd_cleanup (MuConfigOptions *opts);