diff --git a/pillar/api/search/index.py b/pillar/api/search/index.py
index 4d6cdb4b..0acd34b6 100644
--- a/pillar/api/search/index.py
+++ b/pillar/api/search/index.py
@@ -41,11 +41,10 @@ class ResetIndexTask(object):
 
         try:
             idx.delete(ignore=404)
-            log.info("Deleted index %s", index)
         except NotFoundError:
             log.warning("Could not delete index '%s', ignoring", index)
         else:
-            log.warning("Could not delete index '%s', ignoring", index)
+            log.info("Deleted index %s", index)
 
         # create doc types
         for dt in self.doc_types:
diff --git a/pillar/celery/search_index_tasks.py b/pillar/celery/search_index_tasks.py
index e88ba15a..09370b4c 100644
--- a/pillar/celery/search_index_tasks.py
+++ b/pillar/celery/search_index_tasks.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def prepare_user_data(user_id: str, user=None) -> dict:
         user = users_coll.find_one({'_id': user_oid})
 
     if user is None:
-        log.warning('Unable to find user %s, not updating Algolia.', user_id)
+        log.warning('Unable to find user %s, not updating search index.', user_id)
         return {}
 
     user_roles = set(user.get('roles', ()))
diff --git a/pillar/cli/elastic.py b/pillar/cli/elastic.py
index 2bc8b794..270a80a6 100644
--- a/pillar/cli/elastic.py
+++ b/pillar/cli/elastic.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ def reset_index(indices):
 def _reindex_users():
     db = current_app.db()
     users_coll = db['users']
+
+    # Note that this also finds service accounts, which are filtered out
+    # in prepare_user_data(…)
     users = users_coll.find()
     user_count = users.count()