diff --git a/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/export_llm_input.py b/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/export_llm_input.py
index 458d280..52c784b 100644
--- a/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/export_llm_input.py
+++ b/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/export_llm_input.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ keys, then that song's own keys, each group in its file order.
 import argparse
 import json
 import sys
+import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from ..database import ds
 from ..models import Song
+from ..utils import format_duration
 
 
 def parse_args(argv: list[str] | None) -> argparse.Namespace:
@@ -231,6 +233,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         ``sys.argv``.
     :return: The exit status: 0 on success, non-zero on failure.
     """
+    started: float = time.monotonic()
     args: argparse.Namespace = parse_args(argv)
     session: Session = ds.get_db()
     lines: list[str]
@@ -252,5 +255,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         line: str
         for line in lines:
             file.write(line + "\n")
-    print(f"done: {len(lines)} songs exported", file=sys.stderr)
+    elapsed: str = format_duration(time.monotonic() - started)
+    print(f"Done.  {len(lines)} songs exported."
+          f"  {elapsed} elapsed.", file=sys.stderr)
     return 0
diff --git a/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/run_llm.py b/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/run_llm.py
index eb5aa88..44bef19 100644
--- a/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/run_llm.py
+++ b/tools/src/pop_fem_audit_tools/commands/run_llm.py
@@ -488,8 +488,9 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         print(json.dumps(
             build_request(items[0], prompt_text, args.max_tokens),
             ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
-        print(f"dry run: archive created at {archive_dir}",
-              file=sys.stderr)
+        elapsed: str = format_duration(time.monotonic() - started)
+        print(f"Done.  {len(items)} jobs finished."
+              f"  {elapsed} elapsed.", file=sys.stderr)
         return 0
     client: anthropic.Anthropic = anthropic.Anthropic(
         api_key=get_settings().ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
@@ -507,7 +508,6 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
               file=sys.stderr)
         return 1
     elapsed: str = format_duration(time.monotonic() - started)
-    print(f"done: {len(items)} items;"
-          f" archived to {archive_dir}  {elapsed} elapsed.",
-          file=sys.stderr)
+    print(f"Done.  {len(items)} jobs finished."
+          f"  {elapsed} elapsed.", file=sys.stderr)
     return 0
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_export_llm_input.py b/tools/tests/test_export_llm_input.py
index f5c6cf2..303374c 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_export_llm_input.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_export_llm_input.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class TestExportLlmInput(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(records, [
             {"id": "song-1", "content": "hello lyrics\n"},
             {"id": "song-2", "content": "umbrella lyrics\n"}])
-        self.assertIn("done: 2 songs exported", stderr)
+        self.assertIn("Done.  2 songs exported.", stderr)
 
     def test_preserves_non_ascii_lyrics(self) -> None:
         """Test that non-ASCII lyrics are written verbatim."""
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class TestExportLlmInput(unittest.TestCase):
             self.__output)
         self.assertEqual(
             [x["id"] for x in records], ["song-1", "song-3"])
-        self.assertIn("done: 2 songs exported", stderr)
+        self.assertIn("Done.  2 songs exported.", stderr)
 
     def test_extras_per_id_unknown_id_fails(self) -> None:
         """Test that a per-ID extras file naming a song the
diff --git a/tools/tests/test_run_llm.py b/tools/tests/test_run_llm.py
index 317008e..17ca47f 100644
--- a/tools/tests/test_run_llm.py
+++ b/tools/tests/test_run_llm.py
@@ -349,8 +349,10 @@ class TestMainFlow(RunLLMTestCase):
         status: int
         stdout: str
         stderr: str
-        status, stdout, stderr = self.__run_main(
-            self.__argv + ["--dry-run"])
+        with mock.patch(
+                "time.monotonic", side_effect=[1000.0, 1125.0]):
+            status, stdout, stderr = self.__run_main(
+                self.__argv + ["--dry-run"])
         self.assertEqual(status, 0)
         run_dir: Path = self.__archive_dir
         self.assertEqual((run_dir / "prompt.md").read_text(
@@ -366,7 +368,8 @@ class TestMainFlow(RunLLMTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(request["custom_id"], "a")
         self.assertEqual(request["params"]["system"],
                          "The task prompt.\n")
-        self.assertNotRegex(stderr, r"\d{2}:\d{2} elapsed\.")
+        self.assertTrue(stderr.rstrip("\n").endswith(
+            "Done.  2 jobs finished.  02:05 elapsed."))
 
     def test_run_produces_output_file(self) -> None:
         """Test that a run submits one batch and writes output."""
@@ -394,8 +397,7 @@ class TestMainFlow(RunLLMTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(meta["usage"],
                          {"input_tokens": 20, "output_tokens": 10})
         self.assertTrue(stderr.rstrip("\n").endswith(
-            "done: 2 items; archived to"
-            f" {run_dir}  02:05 elapsed."))
+            "Done.  2 jobs finished.  02:05 elapsed."))
 
     def test_existing_archive_rejected_without_replace(self) -> None:
         """Test that an existing archive without --replace fails."""