diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
index 9db0e0ef7..97fa8282a 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAppend.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
 
 #define L10N                                           // Localization complete.
 
-#include <sstream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <Context.h>
-#include <Permission.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <text.h>
 #include <i18n.h>
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
 {
   int rc = 0;
   int count = 0;
-  std::stringstream out;
 
   // Apply filter.
   std::vector <Task> filtered;
@@ -69,36 +67,23 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
   if (!modifications.size ())
     throw std::string (STRING_CMD_XPEND_NEED_TEXT);
 
-  Permission permission;
-  if (filtered.size () > (size_t) context.config.getInteger ("bulk"))
-    permission.bigSequence ();
-
   std::vector <Task>::iterator task;
   for (task = filtered.begin (); task != filtered.end (); ++task)
   {
     Task before (*task);
 
     // Append to the specified task.
-    std::string question = format (STRING_CMD_APPEND_QUESTION,
+    std::string question = format (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM,
                                    task->id,
                                    task->get ("description"));
 
     modify_task_description_append (*task, modifications);
 
-    if (permission.confirmed (*task, taskDifferences (before, *task) + question))
+    if (permission (*task, taskDifferences (before, *task) + question, filtered.size ()))
     {
       context.tdb2.modify (*task);
       ++count;
-
-      if (context.verbose ("affected") ||
-          context.config.getBoolean ("echo.command")) // Deprecated 2.0
-        out << format (task->has ("parent")
-                         ? STRING_CMD_APPEND_RECURRING
-                         : STRING_CMD_APPEND_DELETING,
-                       task->id,
-                       task->get ("description"))
-            << "\n";
-
+      feedback_affected (STRING_CMD_APPEND_TASK, *task);
       context.footnote (onProjectChange (*task, true));
 
       // Append to siblings.
@@ -106,7 +91,7 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
       {
         std::vector <Task> siblings = context.tdb2.siblings (*task);
         if (siblings.size () &&
-            confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONF_RECUR))
+            confirm (STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R))
         {
           std::vector <Task>::iterator sibling;
           for (sibling = siblings.begin (); sibling != siblings.end (); ++sibling)
@@ -114,13 +99,7 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
             modify_task_description_append (*sibling, modifications);
             context.tdb2.modify (*sibling);
             ++count;
-
-            if (context.verbose ("affected") ||
-                context.config.getBoolean ("echo.command")) // Deprecated 2.0
-              out << format (STRING_CMD_APPEND_RECURRING,
-                             sibling->id,
-                             sibling->get ("description"))
-                  << "\n";
+            feedback_affected (STRING_CMD_APPEND_TASK_R, *sibling);
           }
 
           // Append to the parent
@@ -133,22 +112,13 @@ int CmdAppend::execute (std::string& output)
     }
     else
     {
-      out << STRING_CMD_DELETE_NOT << "\n";
+      std::cout << STRING_CMD_APPEND_NO << "\n";
       rc  = 1;
     }
   }
 
   context.tdb2.commit ();
-
-  if (context.verbose ("affected") ||
-      context.config.getBoolean ("echo.command")) // Deprecated 2.0
-    out << format ((count == 1
-                      ? STRING_CMD_APPEND_SUMMARY
-                      : STRING_CMD_APPEND_SUMMARY_N),
-                   count)
-        << "\n";
-
-  output = out.str ();
+  feedback_affected (count == 1 ? STRING_CMD_APPEND_1 : STRING_CMD_APPEND_N, count);
   return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
index 1a781cdf7..078720c28 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdDelete.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ int CmdDelete::execute (std::string& output)
 {
   int rc = 0;
   int count = 0;
-  //std::stringstream out;
 
   // Apply filter.
   std::vector <Task> filtered;
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ int CmdDelete::execute (std::string& output)
         updateRecurrenceMask (*task);
         context.tdb2.modify (*task);
         ++count;
-        feedback_affected (STRING_CMD_DELETE_TASK *task);
+        feedback_affected (STRING_CMD_DELETE_TASK, *task);
         dependencyChainOnComplete (*task);
         context.footnote (onProjectChange (*task, true));
 
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index 0c63240d8..65a96feda 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -319,13 +319,19 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_STOP_QUESTION     "Stop task {1} '{2}'?"
 #define STRING_CMD_STOP_STOPPED      "Stopped {1} task."
 #define STRING_CMD_STOP_STOPPED_N    "Stopped {1} tasks."
+
+#define STRING_CMD_DELETE_NOTPEND    "Task {1} '{2}' is neither pending nor waiting."
+
 #define STRING_CMD_APPEND_USAGE      "Appends text to an existing task description"
-#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_SUMMARY    "Appended {1} task."
-#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_SUMMARY_N  "Appended {1} tasks."
-#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_QUESTION   "Append to task {1} '{2}'?"
-#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_RECURRING  "Appending to recurring task {1} '{2}'."
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_1          "Appended {1} task."
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_N          "Appended {1} tasks."
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_TASK       "Appending to task {1} '{2}'."
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_TASK_R     "Appending to recurring task {1} '{2}'."
 #define STRING_CMD_APPEND_DELETING   "Appending to task {1} '{2}'."
-#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONF_RECUR "This is a recurring task.  Do you want to append to all pending recurrences of this same task?"
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM_R  "This is a recurring task.  Do you want to append to all pending recurrences of this same task?"
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_CONFIRM    "Append to task {1} '{2}'?"
+#define STRING_CMD_APPEND_NO         "Task not appended."
+
 #define STRING_CMD_PREPEND_USAGE     "Prepends text to an existing task description"
 #define STRING_CMD_PREPEND_SUMMARY   "Prepended {1} task."
 #define STRING_CMD_PREPEND_SUMMARY_N "Prepended {1} tasks."