diff --git a/lib/libalpm/sync.c b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
index b5a9979..61e62d8 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/sync.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 
 		for(i = deps; i; i = i->next) {
 			pmconflict_t *conflict = i->data;
-			pmsyncpkg_t *rsync, *sync1, *sync2;
+			pmsyncpkg_t *rsync, *sync, *sync1, *sync2;
 
 			/* have we already removed one of the conflicting targets? */
 			sync1 = _alpm_sync_find(trans->packages, conflict->package1);
@@ -517,9 +517,11 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			if(alpm_list_find(alpm_pkg_get_provides(sync1->pkg),
 						conflict->package2, _alpm_prov_cmp)) {
 				rsync = sync2;
+				sync = sync1;
 			} else if(alpm_list_find(alpm_pkg_get_provides(sync2->pkg),
 						conflict->package1, _alpm_prov_cmp)) {
 				rsync = sync1;
+				sync = sync2;
 			} else {
 				pm_errno = PM_ERR_CONFLICTING_DEPS;
 				ret = -1;
@@ -528,6 +530,15 @@ int _alpm_sync_prepare(pmtrans_t *trans, pmdb_t *db_local, alpm_list_t *dbs_sync
 			}
 
 			_alpm_log(PM_LOG_DEBUG, "removing '%s' from target list\n", rsync->pkg->name);
+			/* Only prints a warning if rsync is an explicit target.
+			 * Besides, if it isn't locally installed. it will be dealt with in a
+			 * target vs db conflict anyway. */
+			if(alpm_list_find_str(trans->targets, rsync->pkg->name) &&
+					!_alpm_db_get_pkgfromcache(db_local, rsync->pkg->name)) {
+				_alpm_log(PM_LOG_WARNING,
+						_("removing '%s' from target list because it conflicts with '%s'\n"),
+						rsync->pkg->name, sync->pkg->name);
+			}
 			void *vpkg;
 			trans->packages = alpm_list_remove(trans->packages, rsync,
 					syncpkg_cmp, &vpkg);