diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
index 37d1b067e..a087edf66 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAdd.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ int CmdAdd::execute (std::string& output)
 
   if (context.verbose ("new-id"))
     output += format (STRING_CMD_ADD_FEEDBACK, context.tdb2.next_id ()) + "\n";
-
-  if (context.verbose ("new-uuid"))
+  else if (context.verbose ("new-uuid"))
     output += format (STRING_CMD_ADD_FEEDBACK, task.get ("uuid")) + "\n";
 
   if (context.verbose ("project"))
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
index 022ff5e93..7dbbe7bcf 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDuplicate.cpp
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ int CmdDuplicate::execute (std::string& output)
 
       if (context.verbose ("new-id"))
         std::cout << format (STRING_CMD_ADD_FEEDBACK, context.tdb2.next_id ()) + "\n";
-
-      if (context.verbose ("new-uuid"))
+      else if (context.verbose ("new-uuid"))
         std::cout << format (STRING_CMD_ADD_FEEDBACK, dup.get ("uuid")) + "\n";
 
       if (context.verbose ("project"))