diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 50c925d22..d5a73666b 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -1178,8 +1178,16 @@ Please review the following for more information about the update process and re
 https://docs.securityonion.net/soup
 https://blog.securityonion.net
 
-Press Enter to continue or Ctrl-C to cancel.
+EOF
 
+  if [ -n "$BRANCH" ]; then
+    cat << EOF
+SOUP will use the $BRANCH branch.
+
+EOF
+  fi
+  cat << EOF
+Press Enter to continue or Ctrl-C to cancel.
 EOF
 
   read -r input