diff --git a/mpcdf_common.py b/mpcdf_common.py
index 40446c645938ba0fe5f459fa7403330b859e2fb0..b33ea465c386a52158012e90e8489c9a7a45178d 100644
--- a/mpcdf_common.py
+++ b/mpcdf_common.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def check_for_update():
     git_dir = os.path.join(plugin_dir, ".git")
     local_rev = check_output(["git", "--git-dir", git_dir, "rev-parse", "HEAD"], **set_encoding).strip()
 
-    url = "https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpcdf/osc-plugins.git"
+    url = "https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpcdf/obs/osc-plugins.git"
 
     def update_server_rev():
         server_rev, _ = check_output(["git", "ls-remote", url, "master"], **set_encoding).split(None, 1)
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ def check_for_update():
         server_rev = fd.read().strip()
 
     if server_rev != local_rev:
+        print("Note from MPCDF osc plugins:", file=sys.stderr)
         if call(["git", "--git-dir", git_dir, "merge-base", "--is-ancestor", server_rev, "HEAD"]) == 0:
-            print(file=sys.stderr)
-            print("You have unpushed commits in", plugin_dir, "- consider pushing them", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(" You have unpushed commits in", plugin_dir, "- consider pushing them", file=sys.stderr)
             print(file=sys.stderr)
         else:
-            print(file=sys.stderr)
-            print("Your plugin directory is out-of-date, new commits available on", url, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(" Your plugin directory is out-of-date, new commits available on", url, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(" (careful: the repo has been moved, update your path to point to the new URL)", file=sys.stderr)
             print(file=sys.stderr)