diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 662b85440e0..3dc77fc928d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1002,6 +1002,10 @@ renders
 
 ![](docs/motd-example.png)
 
+To produce a multi-line MOTD, you will need to double escape the newline such as
+
+  -e MOTD="Line one\\nLine two"
+
 ### Difficulty
 
 The difficulty level (default: `easy`) can be set like:
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployVanilla b/scripts/start-deployVanilla
index bd33947ae88..870cc61be59 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployVanilla
+++ b/scripts/start-deployVanilla
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 export SERVER="minecraft_server.${VANILLA_VERSION// /_}.jar"
 
 if [ ! -e "$SERVER" ] || [ -n "$FORCE_REDOWNLOAD" ]; then
-  log "Locating download for $SERVER ..."
   debug "Finding version manifest for $VANILLA_VERSION"
   versionManifestUrl=$(get 'https://launchermeta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest.json' | jq --arg VANILLA_VERSION "$VANILLA_VERSION" --raw-output '[.versions[]|select(.id == $VANILLA_VERSION)][0].url')
   result=$?
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ if [ ! -e "$SERVER" ] || [ -n "$FORCE_REDOWNLOAD" ]; then
     exit 1
   fi
 
+  log "Downloading $VANILLA_VERSION server..."
   debug "Downloading server from $serverDownloadUrl"
   get -o "$SERVER" "$serverDownloadUrl"
   result=$?