diff --git a/rally/cmd/commands/task.py b/rally/cmd/commands/task.py
index 1aa0f32ea2..891d80d326 100644
--- a/rally/cmd/commands/task.py
+++ b/rally/cmd/commands/task.py
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ class TaskCommands(object):
             print("Benchmarking... This can take a while...\n")
             print("To track task status use:\n")
             print("\trally task status\n\tor\n\trally task detailed\n")
+            if do_use:
+                self.use(task["uuid"])
             api.Task.start(deployment, input_task, task=task,
                            abort_on_sla_failure=abort_on_sla_failure)
             self.detailed(task_id=task["uuid"])
-            if do_use:
-                self.use(task["uuid"])
         except exceptions.InvalidConfigException:
             return(1)
 
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ class TaskCommands(object):
 
         :param task_id: Task uuid
         """
-
         results = [{"key": x["key"], "result": x["data"]["raw"],
                     "sla": x["data"]["sla"],
                     "load_duration": x["data"]["load_duration"],
@@ -430,7 +429,8 @@ class TaskCommands(object):
         if results:
             print(json.dumps(results, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
         else:
-            print(_("The task %s can not be found") % task_id)
+            print(_("The task %s is still running, results will become "
+                    "available when it is finished.") % task_id)
             return(1)
 
     @cliutils.args("--deployment", type=str, dest="deployment",
diff --git a/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_task.py b/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_task.py
index 42d910cd42..02bbbdaf97 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_task.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cmd/commands/test_task.py
@@ -303,16 +303,19 @@ class TaskCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
                          mock_json.call_args[1])
         mock_get.assert_called_once_with(task_id)
 
+    @mock.patch("rally.cmd.commands.task.sys.stdout")
     @mock.patch("rally.cmd.commands.task.objects.Task.get")
-    def test_invalid_results(self, mock_get):
+    def test_results_no_data(self, mock_get, mock_stdout):
         task_id = "foo_task_id"
-        data = []
-        mock_results = mock.Mock(return_value=data)
+        mock_results = mock.Mock(return_value=[])
         mock_get.return_value = mock.Mock(get_results=mock_results)
 
         result = self.task.results(task_id)
         mock_get.assert_called_once_with(task_id)
         self.assertEqual(1, result)
+        expected_out = ("The task %s is still running, results will become"
+                        " available when it is finished." % task_id)
+        mock_stdout.write.assert_has_calls([mock.call(expected_out)])
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cmd.commands.task.jsonschema.validate",
                 return_value=None)