diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index 06fcb3333247358c29b15f4b222b2f654d0e1465..9d8780cdbcd43e82555cf97b8afadfce5a3ea75d 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -44,11 +44,19 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$MODE" = "" ] ; then
     if [ "$ONLINE" = "0" ] ; then
-	echo 'You have not explicitly specified the mode to use. Using default "chain" mode.'
-	echo 'All available modes will be tried (in that order): patch, report, context, org'
+	echo 'You have not explicitly specified the mode to use. Using default "report" mode.'
+	echo 'Available modes are the following: patch, report, context, org'
 	echo 'You can specify the mode with "make coccicheck MODE=<mode>"'
+	echo 'Note however that some modes are not implemented by some semantic patches.'
+    fi
+    MODE="report"
+fi
+
+if [ "$MODE" = "chain" ] ; then
+    if [ "$ONLINE" = "0" ] ; then
+	echo 'You have selected the "chain" mode.'
+	echo 'All available modes will be tried (in that order): patch, report, context, org'
     fi
-    MODE="chain"
 elif [ "$MODE" = "report" -o "$MODE" = "org" ] ; then
     FLAGS="$FLAGS -no_show_diff"
 fi