diff --git a/cli/src/commands/branch.rs b/cli/src/commands/branch.rs
index 98de4595a..eccd37ba6 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/branch.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/branch.rs
@@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ fn cmd_branch_track(
             .track_remote_branch(&name.branch, &name.remote);
     }
     tx.finish(ui)?;
+    if names.len() > 1 {
+        writeln!(
+            ui.stderr(),
+            "Started tracking {} remote branches.",
+            names.len()
+        )?;
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -527,6 +534,13 @@ fn cmd_branch_untrack(
             .untrack_remote_branch(&name.branch, &name.remote);
     }
     tx.finish(ui)?;
+    if names.len() > 1 {
+        writeln!(
+            ui.stderr(),
+            "Stopped tracking {} remote branches.",
+            names.len()
+        )?;
+    }
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs b/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
index dcac38d15..3baa64b9c 100644
--- a/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/test_branch_command.rs
@@ -778,7 +778,9 @@ fn test_branch_track_untrack_patterns() {
 
     // Track by pattern
     let (_, stderr) = test_env.jj_cmd_ok(&repo_path, &["branch", "track", "glob:feature?@origin"]);
-    insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @"");
+    insta::assert_snapshot!(stderr, @r###"
+    Started tracking 2 remote branches.
+    "###);
     insta::assert_snapshot!(get_branch_output(&test_env, &repo_path), @r###"
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