diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
index b5cc67532a..584bfc1f7c 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/cli/delete_cli.py
@@ -338,10 +338,18 @@ def by_filter(
     # TODO: add some validation on entity_type
 
     if not force and not soft and not dry_run:
-        click.confirm(
-            "This will permanently delete data from DataHub. Do you want to continue?",
-            abort=True,
-        )
+        if only_soft_deleted:
+            click.confirm(
+                "This will permanently delete data from DataHub. Do you want to continue?",
+                abort=True,
+            )
+        else:
+            click.confirm(
+                "Hard deletion will permanently delete data from DataHub and can be slow. "
+                "We generally recommend using soft deletes instead. "
+                "Do you want to continue?",
+                abort=True,
+            )
 
     graph = get_default_graph()
     logger.info(f"Using {graph}")
diff --git a/smoke-test/cypress-dev.sh b/smoke-test/cypress-dev.sh
index bce2d794b1..3db81b11c6 100755
--- a/smoke-test/cypress-dev.sh
+++ b/smoke-test/cypress-dev.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ if [ "${RUN_QUICKSTART:-true}" == "true" ]; then
     source ./run-quickstart.sh
 fi
 
+set +x
+echo "Activating virtual environment"
 source venv/bin/activate
+set -x
 
 # set environment variables for the test
 source ./set-test-env-vars.sh
diff --git a/smoke-test/run-quickstart.sh b/smoke-test/run-quickstart.sh
index e83a116c67..902dc10306 100755
--- a/smoke-test/run-quickstart.sh
+++ b/smoke-test/run-quickstart.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 cd "$DIR"
 
 ../gradlew :smoke-test:installDev
+set +x
+echo "Activating virtual environment"
 source venv/bin/activate
+set -x
 
 mkdir -p ~/.datahub/plugins/frontend/auth/
 echo "test_user:test_pass" >> ~/.datahub/plugins/frontend/auth/user.props
@@ -23,4 +26,4 @@ DATAHUB_SEARCH_IMAGE="$DATAHUB_SEARCH_IMAGE" DATAHUB_SEARCH_TAG="$DATAHUB_SEARCH
 XPACK_SECURITY_ENABLED="$XPACK_SECURITY_ENABLED" ELASTICSEARCH_USE_SSL="$ELASTICSEARCH_USE_SSL" \
 USE_AWS_ELASTICSEARCH="$USE_AWS_ELASTICSEARCH" \
 DATAHUB_VERSION=${DATAHUB_VERSION} \
-docker compose --project-directory ../docker/profiles	--profile quickstart-consumers up -d --quiet-pull --wait --wait-timeout 900
+docker compose --project-directory ../docker/profiles --profile quickstart-consumers up -d --quiet-pull --wait --wait-timeout 900