diff --git a/java/google/registry/flows/async/DeleteContactsAndHostsAction.java b/java/google/registry/flows/async/DeleteContactsAndHostsAction.java
index b09d6a23c..f34b4e87f 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/flows/async/DeleteContactsAndHostsAction.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/flows/async/DeleteContactsAndHostsAction.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class DeleteContactsAndHostsAction implements Runnable {
         LeaseOptions.Builder.withCountLimit(maxLeaseCount()).leasePeriod(LEASE_MINUTES, MINUTES);
     List<TaskHandle> tasks = queue.leaseTasks(options);
     if (tasks.isEmpty()) {
+      response.setPayload("No contact/host deletion tasks in pull queue.");
       return;
     }
     Multiset<String> kindCounts = HashMultiset.create(2);
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public class DeleteContactsAndHostsAction implements Runnable {
     ImmutableList<DeletionRequest> deletionRequests = builder.build();
     if (deletionRequests.isEmpty()) {
       logger.info("No asynchronous deletions to process because all were already handled.");
+      response.setPayload("All requested deletions of contacts/hosts have already occurred.");
     } else {
       logger.infofmt(
           "Processing asynchronous deletion of %d contacts and %d hosts: %s",
diff --git a/java/google/registry/flows/async/RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction.java b/java/google/registry/flows/async/RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction.java
index 430129299..9bbaf679e 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/flows/async/RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/flows/async/RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public class RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction implements Runnable {
         LeaseOptions.Builder.withCountLimit(maxLeaseCount()).leasePeriod(LEASE_MINUTES, MINUTES);
     List<TaskHandle> tasks = pullQueue.leaseTasks(options);
     if (tasks.isEmpty()) {
+      response.setPayload("No DNS refresh on host rename tasks to process in pull queue.");
       return;
     }
     ImmutableList.Builder<DnsRefreshRequest> requestsBuilder = new ImmutableList.Builder<>();
@@ -111,10 +112,11 @@ public class RefreshDnsOnHostRenameAction implements Runnable {
     if (refreshRequests.isEmpty()) {
       logger.info(
           "No asynchronous DNS refreshes to process because all renamed hosts are deleted.");
-      return;
+      response.setPayload("All requested DNS refreshes are on hosts that were since deleted.");
+    } else {
+      logger.infofmt("Processing asynchronous DNS refresh for renamed hosts: %s", hostKeys.build());
+      runMapreduce(refreshRequests, tasks);
     }
-    logger.infofmt("Processing asynchronous DNS refresh for renamed hosts: %s", hostKeys.build());
-    runMapreduce(refreshRequests, tasks);
   }
 
   private void runMapreduce(