diff --git a/debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh b/debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh
index 08131d69c9..1c68bbc1e6 100644
--- a/debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh
+++ b/debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
-# set -x # use this for debugging
-
-ucount=$(ls -1a |grep -vx .git | wc -l)
-dcount=$(cat debian/gitlab.install |cut -d' ' -f1|grep -v debian |wc -l)
-ignored=32
-if ! [ $(echo "$ucount" - "$dcount"|bc) -eq $ignored ]; then
-  echo "Found new files added by upstream and not added to debian/install"
-  echo "Add them to debian/gitlab.install or adjust 'ignored=${ignored}'"
-  echo "in debian/upstream-file-count-check.sh as required and update"
-  echo "debian/upstream-file-list"
-  ls -1a |grep -vx .git > debian/upstream-file-list.new
-  diff -u debian/upstream-file-list debian/upstream-file-list.new
+  echo "Upstream added or removed files"
+  echo "Update 'debian/gitlab.install' and/or 'debian/ignored-file-list'"
+  ls -1a |grep -vx .git |grep -vx .pc > debian/upstream-file-list.new
+  echo "\nNewly added files are:"
+  echo "---------------------"
+  comm -23 debian/upstream-file-list.new debian/upstream-file-list
+  echo "---------------------\n"
+  echo "Removed files are:"
+  echo "---------------------"
+  comm -13 debian/upstream-file-list.new debian/upstream-file-list
+  echo "---------------------"
+  echo "\nAfter updating, rename 'debian/upstream-file-list.new' as 'debian/upstream-file-list'\n"
   exit 1
-fi