diff --git a/subcmds/status.py b/subcmds/status.py
index 1615b42..853f150 100644
--- a/subcmds/status.py
+++ b/subcmds/status.py
@@ -23,5 +23,12 @@
 """
 
   def Execute(self, opt, args):
-    for project in self.GetProjects(args):
-      project.PrintWorkTreeStatus()
+    all = self.GetProjects(args)
+    clean = 0
+
+    for project in all:
+      state = project.PrintWorkTreeStatus()
+      if state == 'CLEAN':
+        clean += 1
+    if len(all) == clean:
+      print 'nothing to commit (working directory clean)'