diff --git a/daemon/loop.go b/daemon/loop.go
index 6be742b66..b752d5ef4 100644
--- a/daemon/loop.go
+++ b/daemon/loop.go
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) doSync(logger log.Logger) (retErr error) {
 		changedFiles, err := working.ChangedFiles(ctx, oldTagRev)
 		if err == nil && len(changedFiles) > 0 {
 			// We had some changed files, we're syncing a diff
+			// FIXME(michael): this won't be accurate when a file can have more than one resource
 			changedResources, err = d.Manifests.LoadManifests(working.Dir(), changedFiles[0], changedFiles[1:]...)
 		}
 		cancel()
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) doSync(logger log.Logger) (retErr error) {
 			case update.Images:
 				spec := n.Spec.Spec.(update.ReleaseSpec)
 				noteEvents = append(noteEvents, event.Event{
-					ServiceIDs: serviceIDs.ToSlice(),
+					ServiceIDs: n.Result.AffectedResources(),
 					Type:       event.EventRelease,
 					StartedAt:  started,
 					EndedAt:    time.Now().UTC(),
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ func (d *Daemon) doSync(logger log.Logger) (retErr error) {
 			case update.Auto:
 				spec := n.Spec.Spec.(update.Automated)
 				noteEvents = append(noteEvents, event.Event{
-					ServiceIDs: serviceIDs.ToSlice(),
+					ServiceIDs: n.Result.AffectedResources(),
 					Type:       event.EventAutoRelease,
 					StartedAt:  started,
 					EndedAt:    time.Now().UTC(),
diff --git a/update/result.go b/update/result.go
index e0efd8645..ecf80167b 100644
--- a/update/result.go
+++ b/update/result.go
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ func (r Result) ServiceIDs() []string {
 	return result
 }
 
+func (r Result) AffectedResources() flux.ResourceIDs {
+	ids := flux.ResourceIDs{}
+	for id, result := range r {
+		if result.Status == ReleaseStatusSuccess {
+			ids = append(ids, id)
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
 func (r Result) ChangedImages() []string {
 	images := map[image.Ref]struct{}{}
 	for _, serviceResult := range r {
@@ -74,10 +84,6 @@ type ControllerResult struct {
 	PerContainer []ContainerUpdate      // what happened with each container
 }
 
-func (fr ControllerResult) Msg(id flux.ResourceID) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s service %s as it is %s", fr.Status, id.String(), fr.Error)
-}
-
 type ContainerUpdate struct {
 	Container string
 	Current   image.Ref