diff --git a/platformio/package/manager/_update.py b/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
index 3b6dd2d4..1487d0bf 100644
--- a/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
+++ b/platformio/package/manager/_update.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class PackageManagerUpdateMixin(object):
 
         outdated = self.outdated(pkg, to_spec)
         if not silent:
-            self.print_outdated_state(outdated, show_incompatible)
+            self.print_outdated_state(outdated, only_check, show_incompatible)
 
         if only_check or not outdated.is_outdated(allow_incompatible=False):
             return pkg
@@ -116,24 +116,39 @@ class PackageManagerUpdateMixin(object):
             self.unlock()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def print_outdated_state(outdated, show_incompatible=True):
+    def print_outdated_state(outdated, only_check, show_incompatible):
         if outdated.detached:
             return click.echo("[%s]" % (click.style("Detached", fg="yellow")))
+
         if (
             not outdated.latest
             or outdated.current == outdated.latest
             or (not show_incompatible and outdated.current == outdated.wanted)
         ):
             return click.echo("[%s]" % (click.style("Up-to-date", fg="green")))
+
         if outdated.wanted and outdated.current == outdated.wanted:
             return click.echo(
                 "[%s]" % (click.style("Incompatible %s" % outdated.latest, fg="yellow"))
             )
+
+        if only_check:
+            return click.echo(
+                "[%s]"
+                % (
+                    click.style(
+                        "Outdated %s" % str(outdated.wanted or outdated.latest),
+                        fg="red",
+                    )
+                )
+            )
+
         return click.echo(
             "[%s]"
             % (
                 click.style(
-                    "Outdated %s" % str(outdated.wanted or outdated.latest), fg="red"
+                    "Updating to %s" % str(outdated.wanted or outdated.latest),
+                    fg="green",
                 )
             )
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_maintenance.py b/tests/test_maintenance.py
index 46bc82c8..0d863b0d 100644
--- a/tests/test_maintenance.py
+++ b/tests/test_maintenance.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_check_and_update_libraries(clirunner, isolated_pio_core, validate_clire
     assert "There are the new updates for libraries (ArduinoJson)" in result.output
     assert "Please wait while updating libraries" in result.output
     assert re.search(
-        r"Updating bblanchon/ArduinoJson\s+6\.12\.0\s+\[Outdated [\d\.]+\]",
+        r"Updating bblanchon/ArduinoJson\s+6\.12\.0\s+\[Updating to [\d\.]+\]",
         result.output,
     )
 
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ def test_check_and_update_platforms(clirunner, isolated_pio_core, validate_clire
     validate_cliresult(result)
     assert "There are the new updates for platforms (native)" in result.output
     assert "Please wait while updating platforms" in result.output
-    assert re.search(r"Updating native\s+0.0.0\s+\[Outdated [\d\.]+\]", result.output)
+    assert re.search(
+        r"Updating native\s+0.0.0\s+\[Updating to [\d\.]+\]", result.output
+    )
 
     # check updated version
     result = clirunner.invoke(cli_pio, ["platform", "list", "--json-output"])