diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 97fe05d552..a85cbe3d65 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 swift (x.x.x)
 
   * Renamed swift-stats-populate to swift-dispersion-populate and
-    swift-stats-report to swift-dispersion-report.
+    swift-stats-report to swift-dispersion-report with extraneous unused
+    options removed. The new tools use dispersion.conf instead of stats.conf.
diff --git a/bin/swift-dispersion-populate b/bin/swift-dispersion-populate
index fe9fc56f05..c5df32f741 100755
--- a/bin/swift-dispersion-populate
+++ b/bin/swift-dispersion-populate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python -u
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2011 OpenStack, LLC.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import os
 import traceback
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 from cStringIO import StringIO
-from sys import exit, argv
+from sys import exit, argv, stdout
 from time import time
 from uuid import uuid4
 
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def report(success):
     eta, eta_unit = compute_eta(begun, created, need_to_create)
     print '\r\x1B[KCreating %s: %d of %d, %d%s left, %d retries' % (item_type,
           created, need_to_create, round(eta), eta_unit, retries_done),
+    stdout.flush()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print '\r\x1B[KCreated %d containers for dispersion reporting, %d%s, %d ' \
           'retries' % \
           (need_to_create, round(elapsed), elapsed_unit, retries_done)
+    stdout.flush()
 
     container = 'dispersion_objects'
     put_container(connpool, container, None)
@@ -150,3 +152,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     print '\r\x1B[KCreated %d objects for dispersion reporting, %d%s, %d ' \
           'retries' % \
           (need_to_create, round(elapsed), elapsed_unit, retries_done)
+    stdout.flush()
diff --git a/bin/swift-dispersion-report b/bin/swift-dispersion-report
index 2ec4c31615..9d0adb93fd 100755
--- a/bin/swift-dispersion-report
+++ b/bin/swift-dispersion-report
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python -u
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2011 OpenStack, LLC.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import socket
 from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
 from httplib import HTTPException
 from optparse import OptionParser
-from sys import argv, exit, stderr
+from sys import argv, exit, stdout, stderr
 from time import time
 from uuid import uuid4
 
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ def get_error_log(prefix):
                     'considered missing until resolved or the ring is ' \
                     'updated.' % (msg_or_exc.http_host, msg_or_exc.http_port,
                     msg_or_exc.http_device)
+                stderr.flush()
         if not hasattr(msg_or_exc, 'http_status') or \
                 msg_or_exc.http_status not in (404, 507):
             print >>stderr, 'ERROR: %s: %s' % (prefix, msg_or_exc)
+            stderr.flush()
     return error_log
 
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ def container_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, container_ring,
     if not containers_listed:
         print >>stderr, 'No containers to query. Has ' \
                         'swift-dispersion-populate been run?'
+        stderr.flush()
         return
     retries_done = [0]
     containers_queried = [0]
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ def container_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, container_ring,
             print '\r\x1B[KQuerying containers: %d of %d, %d%s left, %d ' \
                   'retries' % (containers_queried[0], containers_listed,
                   round(eta), eta_unit, retries_done[0]),
+            stdout.flush()
     container_parts = {}
     for container in containers:
         part, nodes = container_ring.get_nodes(account, container)
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ def container_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, container_ring,
           value, copies_found, copies_expected)
     print 'Sample represents %.02f%% of the container partition space' % (
           100.0 * distinct_partitions / container_ring.partition_count)
+    stdout.flush()
 
 
 def object_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, object_ring,
@@ -141,11 +146,13 @@ def object_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, object_ring,
                 raise
             print >>stderr, 'No objects to query. Has ' \
                             'swift-dispersion-populate been run?'
+            stderr.flush()
             return
     objects_listed = len(objects)
     if not objects_listed:
         print >>stderr, 'No objects to query. Has swift-dispersion-populate ' \
                         'been run?'
+        stderr.flush()
         return
     retries_done = [0]
     objects_queried = [0]
@@ -179,6 +186,7 @@ def object_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, object_ring,
             print '\r\x1B[KQuerying objects: %d of %d, %d%s left, %d ' \
                   'retries' % (objects_queried[0], objects_listed, round(eta),
                   eta_unit, retries_done[0]),
+            stdout.flush()
     object_parts = {}
     for obj in objects:
         part, nodes = object_ring.get_nodes(account, container, obj)
@@ -210,6 +218,7 @@ def object_dispersion_report(coropool, connpool, account, object_ring,
                 (value, copies_found, copies_expected)
     print 'Sample represents %.02f%% of the object partition space' % (
           100.0 * distinct_partitions / object_ring.partition_count)
+    stdout.flush()
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/etc/stats.conf-sample b/etc/stats.conf-sample
index e9bceadb1f..f39fa5d541 100644
--- a/etc/stats.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/stats.conf-sample
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# WARNING: The swift-stats-populate and swift-stats-report commands are being
+# replaced with swift-dispersion-populate and swift-dispersion-report; you
+# should switch to those before the next Swift release.
 [stats]
 auth_url = http://saio:8080/auth/v1.0
 auth_user = test:tester