diff --git a/bin/disk-image-create b/bin/disk-image-create
index baf60740..6c0824a5 100755
--- a/bin/disk-image-create
+++ b/bin/disk-image-create
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function show_options () {
     echo "       File types should be comma separated. VHD outputting requires the vhd-util"
     echo "       executable be in your PATH. ACI outputting requires the ACI_MANIFEST "
     echo "       environment variable be a path to a manifest file."
-    echo "    -x -- turn on tracing"
+    echo "    -x -- turn on tracing (use -x -x for very detailed tracing)"
     echo "    -u -- uncompressed; do not compress the image - larger but faster"
     echo "    -c -- clear environment before starting work"
     echo "    --image-size size -- image size in GB for the created image"
diff --git a/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories b/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
index cc15f2bf..4770bea6 100755
--- a/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
+++ b/elements/source-repositories/extra-data.d/98-source-repositories
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
+if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 1 ]; then
     set -x
 fi
 set -eu