diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
index d560975048..6ebbbf4821 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/TranslationUpdateCommand.php
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ EOF
             return;
         }
 
+        $resultMessage = 'Translation files were successfully updated.';
+
         // show compiled list of messages
         if (true === $input->getOption('dump-messages')) {
             $extractedMessagesCount = 0;
@@ -205,8 +207,6 @@ EOF
 
             if (true === $input->getOption('dump-messages')) {
                 $resultMessage .= ' and translation files were updated.';
-            } else {
-                $resultMessage = 'Translation files were successfully updated.';
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
index a04a0cccad..f7eca9d366 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Tests/Command/TranslationUpdateCommandTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class TranslationUpdateCommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('foo' => 'foo')));
         $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--dump-messages' => true, '--clean' => true));
         $this->assertRegExp('/foo/', $tester->getDisplay());
+        $this->assertRegExp('/2 messages were successfully extracted/', $tester->getDisplay());
+    }
+
+    public function testWriteMessages()
+    {
+        $tester = $this->createCommandTester($this->getContainer(array('foo' => 'foo')));
+        $tester->execute(array('command' => 'translation:update', 'locale' => 'en', 'bundle' => 'foo', '--force' => true));
+        $this->assertRegExp('/Translation files were successfully updated./', $tester->getDisplay());
     }
 
     protected function setUp()