diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
index 575352954..a5b17b517 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/VcsRepository.php
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository implements ConfigurableRepositoryInt
         foreach ($driver->getTags() as $tag => $identifier) {
             $tag = (string) $tag;
             $msg = 'Reading composer.json of <info>' . ($this->packageName ?: $this->url) . '</info> (<comment>' . $tag . '</comment>)';
-            if ($isVeryVerbose) {
-                $this->io->writeError($msg);
-            } elseif ($isVerbose) {
-                $this->io->overwriteError($msg, false);
-            }
 
             // strip the release- prefix from tags if present
             $tag = str_replace('release-', '', $tag);
@@ -245,6 +240,12 @@ class VcsRepository extends ArrayRepository implements ConfigurableRepositoryInt
                 continue;
             }
 
+            if ($isVeryVerbose) {
+                $this->io->writeError($msg);
+            } elseif ($isVerbose) {
+                $this->io->overwriteError($msg, false);
+            }
+
             try {
                 $data = $driver->getComposerInformation($identifier);
                 if (null === $data) {