diff --git a/src/bucoord/commands.c b/src/bucoord/commands.c
index 45217000c3..46e8dd6c8a 100644
--- a/src/bucoord/commands.c
+++ b/src/bucoord/commands.c
@@ -914,11 +914,10 @@ bc_WaitForNoJobs(void)
 {
     int i;
     int usefulJobRunning = 1;
+    int printWaiting = 1;
 
     extern dlqlinkT statusHead;
 
-    afs_com_err(whoami, 0, "waiting for job termination");
-
     while (usefulJobRunning) {
 	usefulJobRunning = (dlqEmpty(&statusHead) ? 0 : 1);
 	if (dispatchLock.excl_locked)
@@ -929,8 +928,13 @@ bc_WaitForNoJobs(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Wait 5 seconds and check again */
-	if (usefulJobRunning)
+	if (usefulJobRunning) {
+            if (printWaiting) {
+                afs_com_err(whoami, 0, "waiting for job termination");
+                printWaiting = 0;
+            }
 	    IOMGR_Sleep(5);
+        }
     }
     return (lastTaskCode);
 }