diff --git a/openup b/openup
index c3ec70c..8ca6026 100755
--- a/openup
+++ b/openup
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ usage() {
 }
 
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
-	error "need root privileges to run this script"
+	echo "need root privileges to run this script"
 	usage
 fi
 
@@ -45,15 +45,11 @@ fi
 set -A REL -- $(sysctl -n kern.version | sed 's/^OpenBSD \([0-9]\.[0-9]\)\([^ ]*\).*/\1 \2/;q')
 REL_INT="$(echo ${REL[0]} | tr -d '.')"
 
-if [ "${REL[1]}" == -!(stable) ]; then
-	error "XXX -current is a no-no"
+if [ "${REL[1]}" == -!(stable) -o "${REL_INT}" -lt "${OPENUP_MINREL}"]; then
+	echo "!!! ${REL[0]}${REL[1]} is not a supported release"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "${REL_INT}" -lt "${OPENUP_MINREL}" ]; then
-	error "XXX release ${REL[0]} is a no-no (non-fatal)"
-fi
-
 OPENUP_VERSION=2
 OPENUP_MINREL=53
 MEESA=$(readlink -f $0)
@@ -64,10 +60,6 @@ TMPSPLITCERT=$(mktemp -p ${TMPDIR} openup-split_cert.XXXXXX) || exit 1
 
 trap "rm -f ${TMPDIR}/openup-*" 1 2 3 13 15
 
-error() {
-	echo -n "*** ERROR: $@"
-}
-
 print3() {
 	echo "===> ${@}${DRYRUN}"
 }