diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index ab685de4e..20fb95656 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ fn update_working_copy(
     if old_commit == new_commit {
         return Ok(None);
     }
-    ui.write("leaving: ")?;
+    ui.write("Leaving: ")?;
     ui.write_commit_summary(repo.as_repo_ref(), &old_commit)?;
     ui.write("\n")?;
     // TODO: CheckoutError::ConcurrentCheckout should probably just result in a
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ fn update_working_copy(
             err
         ))
     })?;
-    ui.write("now at: ")?;
+    ui.write("Now at: ")?;
     ui.write_commit_summary(repo.as_repo_ref(), &new_commit)?;
     ui.write("\n")?;
     Ok(Some(stats))
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ fn cmd_checkout(
     tx.commit();
     let stats = update_working_copy(ui, &repo, &locked_wc)?;
     match stats {
-        None => ui.write("already on that commit\n")?,
+        None => ui.write("Already on that commit\n")?,
         Some(stats) => writeln!(
             ui,
             "added {} files, modified {} files, removed {} files",
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ fn cmd_duplicate(
     let new_commit = CommitBuilder::for_rewrite_from(ui.settings(), repo.store(), &predecessor)
         .generate_new_change_id()
         .write_to_repo(mut_repo);
-    ui.write("created: ")?;
+    ui.write("Created: ")?;
     ui.write_commit_summary(mut_repo.as_repo_ref(), &new_commit)?;
     ui.write("\n")?;
     tx.commit();
diff --git a/tests/smoke_test.rs b/tests/smoke_test.rs
index c93fcbbc4..a49abf359 100644
--- a/tests/smoke_test.rs
+++ b/tests/smoke_test.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn smoke_test() {
     assert_eq!(output.status, 0);
     let stdout_string = output.stdout_string();
     let output_regex =
-        Regex::new("^leaving: [[:xdigit:]]+ \nnow at: [[:xdigit:]]+ add some files\n$").unwrap();
+        Regex::new("^Leaving: [[:xdigit:]]+ \nNow at: [[:xdigit:]]+ add some files\n$").unwrap();
     assert!(
         output_regex.is_match(&stdout_string),
         "output was: {}",
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn smoke_test() {
     assert_eq!(output.status, 0);
     let stdout_string = output.stdout_string();
     let output_regex =
-        Regex::new("^leaving: [[:xdigit:]]+ add some files\nnow at: [[:xdigit:]]+ \n$").unwrap();
+        Regex::new("^Leaving: [[:xdigit:]]+ add some files\nNow at: [[:xdigit:]]+ \n$").unwrap();
     assert!(
         output_regex.is_match(&stdout_string),
         "output was: {}",