diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d439491ac3d..fcb9f1300b4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "array-uniq": "^1.0.3",
     "async": "^2.0.1",
+    "chalk": "^1.1.3",
     "coveralls": "^2.11.2",
     "create-error-class": "^3.0.2",
     "david": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/scripts/docs/builder.js b/scripts/docs/builder.js
index da0ec3bfb3c..5526f2c160d 100644
--- a/scripts/docs/builder.js
+++ b/scripts/docs/builder.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 require('shelljs/global');
 
+var chalk = require('chalk');
 var flatten = require('lodash.flatten');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var globby = require('globby');
@@ -243,11 +244,14 @@ Bundler.updateDep = function(builder) {
   var bundleVersions = bundleConfig.versions;
   var config = findWhere(manifest.modules, { id: builder.name });
   var versions = config.versions.filter(semver.valid);
-  var bundler, dep;
+  var builderTag = builder.getTagName();
+  var bundler, dep, bundleTag;
 
   for (var i = 0; i < bundleVersions.length - 1; i++) {
     bundler = new Bundler(bundleVersions[i]);
-    git.checkout(bundler.builder.getTagName());
+    bundleTag = bundler.builder.getTagName();
+    git.checkout(bundleTag);
+
     dep = findWhere(bundler.getDeps(), { name: builder.name });
     git.checkout('-');
 
@@ -255,6 +259,9 @@ Bundler.updateDep = function(builder) {
       break;
     }
 
+    console.log('\n');
+    console.log(chalk.blue('Updating %s with %s docs'), bundleTag, builderTag);
+
     bundler.add(builder);
   }
 };
@@ -427,6 +434,9 @@ function sortByModId(a, b) {
 function build(name, version) {
   var builder = new Builder(name, version);
 
+  console.log('\n');
+  console.log(chalk.blue('Building docs for %s@%s'), name, version);
+
   git.checkout(builder.getTagName());
   builder.build();
   git.checkout('-');
diff --git a/scripts/helpers.js b/scripts/helpers.js
index 78dd1284e2a..57ad23ede3b 100644
--- a/scripts/helpers.js
+++ b/scripts/helpers.js
@@ -273,9 +273,13 @@ module.exports.run = run;
  */
 function Git(cwd) {
   this.cwd = cwd || ROOT_DIR;
+  this.branch = {
+    current: run('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD', { cwd: this.cwd, })
+  };
 }
 
-Git.REPO = 'git@github.com:GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node.git';
+// ssh fails on AppVeyor
+Git.REPO = 'https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node.git';
 
 /**
  * Checks out a branch.
@@ -283,9 +287,24 @@ Git.REPO = 'git@github.com:GoogleCloudPlatform/google-cloud-node.git';
  * @param {string} branch - The branch to check out.
  */
 Git.prototype.checkout = function(branch) {
+  // trying to checkout the same branch.. so we'll skip it
+  if (this.branch.current === branch) {
+    this.branch.previous = branch;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // checking out previous branch.. check if they are the same and skip
+  if (branch === '-' && this.branch.current === this.branch.previous) {
+    delete this.branch.previous;
+    return;
+  }
+
   run(['git checkout', branch], {
     cwd: this.cwd
   });
+
+  this.branch.previous = this.branch.current;
+  this.branch.current = branch;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -304,7 +323,7 @@ Git.prototype.submodule = function(branch, alias) {
 
   var git = new Git(path.join(this.cwd, alias));
 
-  git.branch = branch;
+  git.branch.current = branch;
   git.alias = alias;
 
   return git;