diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 450f39c..2c4cebc 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ name="$(echo -n $name)" # normalize whitespace
 
 techname="$2"
 if [ -z "$techname" ]; then
-	echo "Technical name not specified; trying to generate from the visible name" >&2
 	techname=$(
 		echo -n $name |
 		LC_ALL=C tr ' ' '-' |
@@ -33,11 +32,12 @@ if [ -z "$techname" ]; then
 		LC_ALL=C tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' |
 		cat
 		)
+	echo "Technical name not specified; autogenerated: \"$techname\"" >&2
 fi
 
-echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep '[^0-9A-Za-z_-]' && { echo 'Technical name must be ASCII alphanumeric (a-z, 0-9, also _ and - are allowed); got:' $techname; exit 2; } 2>&1
-echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep -q '^[A-Za-z]' || { echo 'Technical name must start with an ASCII letter (a-z); got:' $techname; exit 2; } 2>&1
-echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep -q '[A-Za-z0-9]$' || { echo 'Technical name must end with an ASCII letter or digit (a-z, 0-9); got:' $techname; exit 2; } 2>&1
+echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep '[^0-9A-Za-z_-]' && { echo 'Technical name must be ASCII alphanumeric'; exit 2; } 2>&1
+echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep -q '^[A-Za-z]' || { echo 'Technical name must start with an ASCII letter'; exit 2; } 2>&1
+echo -n $techname | LC_ALL=C grep -q '[A-Za-z0-9]$' || { echo 'Technical name must end with an ASCII letter or digit'; exit 2; } 2>&1
 
 echo "Project name: $name"
 echo "Internal name: $techname"