diff --git a/examples/main.c b/examples/main.c
index 8e9ee1e05c4e1339f8662bfb31fa9b8eff70bb1c..223b20e95f0fb6028b1abadfa19d31a2d394f874 100644
--- a/examples/main.c
+++ b/examples/main.c
@@ -1241,8 +1241,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   /* Did we want to run a re-submission command just before dying? */
   if (myrank == 0 && resubmit) {
-    message("Running the resubmission command.");
+    message("Running the resubmission command:");
     restart_resubmit(resubmit_command);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    fflush(stderr);
+    message("resubmission command completed.");
   }
 
   /* Clean everything */
diff --git a/examples/parameter_example.yml b/examples/parameter_example.yml
index 05102e8a948c6b79a2e5f3c4aaac062c536f1b88..16fa911e5e2e86eabe66b8cb6b9d0f1e1370c58b 100644
--- a/examples/parameter_example.yml
+++ b/examples/parameter_example.yml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Restarts:
   stop_steps:         100        # (Optional) how many steps to process before checking if the <subdir>/stop file exists. When present the application will attempt to exit early, dumping restart files first.
   max_run_time:       24.0       # (optional) Maximal wall-clock time in hours. The application will exit when this limit is reached.
   resubmit_on_exit:   0          # (Optional) whether to run a command when exiting after the time limit has been reached.
-  resubmit_command:   ./resub.sh # (Optional) Command to run when time limit is reached. Compulsory if resubmit_on_exit is switched on.
+  resubmit_command:   ./resub.sh # (Optional) Command to run when time limit is reached. Compulsory if resubmit_on_exit is switched on. Note potentially unsafe.
 
 # Parameters governing domain decomposition
 DomainDecomposition: