diff --git a/dvc/command/data_sync.py b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
index d52006d09..8217465a3 100644
--- a/dvc/command/data_sync.py
+++ b/dvc/command/data_sync.py
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ class CmdDataBase(CmdBase):
 
 
 class CmdDataPull(CmdDataBase):
+    UP_TO_DATE_MSG = "Everything is up-to-date."
+
     def do_run(self, target=None):
         try:
-            self.repo.pull(
+            processed_files_count = self.repo.pull(
                 target=target,
                 jobs=self.args.jobs,
                 remote=self.args.remote,
@@ -38,13 +40,17 @@ class CmdDataPull(CmdDataBase):
         except Exception:
             logger.error("failed to pull data from the cloud")
             return 1
+        if processed_files_count == 0:
+            logger.info(self.UP_TO_DATE_MSG)
         return 0
 
 
 class CmdDataPush(CmdDataBase):
+    UP_TO_DATE_MSG = "Everything is up-to-date."
+
     def do_run(self, target=None):
         try:
-            self.repo.push(
+            processed_files_count = self.repo.push(
                 target=target,
                 jobs=self.args.jobs,
                 remote=self.args.remote,
@@ -57,13 +63,17 @@ class CmdDataPush(CmdDataBase):
         except Exception:
             logger.error("failed to push data to the cloud")
             return 1
+        if processed_files_count == 0:
+            logger.info(self.UP_TO_DATE_MSG)
         return 0
 
 
 class CmdDataFetch(CmdDataBase):
+    UP_TO_DATE_MSG = "Everything is up-to-date."
+
     def do_run(self, target=None):
         try:
-            self.repo.fetch(
+            processed_files_count = self.repo.fetch(
                 target=target,
                 jobs=self.args.jobs,
                 remote=self.args.remote,
@@ -76,6 +86,8 @@ class CmdDataFetch(CmdDataBase):
         except Exception:
             logger.error("failed to fetch data from the cloud")
             return 1
+        if processed_files_count == 0:
+            logger.info(self.UP_TO_DATE_MSG)
         return 0
 
 
diff --git a/dvc/remote/local.py b/dvc/remote/local.py
index 63ea651c1..2d8c6c661 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/local.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/local.py
@@ -657,8 +657,7 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBase):
         chunks = self._get_chunks(download, remote, status_info, status, jobs)
 
         if len(chunks) == 0:
-            print("Everything up-to-date")
-            return
+            return 0
 
         futures = []
         with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=jobs) as executor:
@@ -669,8 +668,10 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBase):
         for f in futures:
             f.result()
 
+        return len(chunks)
+
     def push(self, checksum_infos, remote, jobs=None, show_checksums=False):
-        self._process(
+        return self._process(
             checksum_infos,
             remote,
             jobs=jobs,
@@ -679,7 +680,7 @@ class RemoteLOCAL(RemoteBase):
         )
 
     def pull(self, checksum_infos, remote, jobs=None, show_checksums=False):
-        self._process(
+        return self._process(
             checksum_infos,
             remote,
             jobs=jobs,
diff --git a/dvc/repo/fetch.py b/dvc/repo/fetch.py
index 4cdc03dca..94d3c9002 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/fetch.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/fetch.py
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ def fetch(
             jobs=jobs,
             recursive=recursive,
         )["local"]
-        self.cloud.pull(
+        return self.cloud.pull(
             used, jobs, remote=remote, show_checksums=show_checksums
         )
diff --git a/dvc/repo/pull.py b/dvc/repo/pull.py
index e0f94f4d1..7496fa56b 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/pull.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/pull.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def pull(
     force=False,
     recursive=False,
 ):
-    self.fetch(
+    processed_files_count = self.fetch(
         target,
         jobs,
         remote=remote,
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ def pull(
     self.checkout(
         target=target, with_deps=with_deps, force=force, recursive=recursive
     )
+    return processed_files_count
diff --git a/dvc/repo/push.py b/dvc/repo/push.py
index 96b7263a5..09ddca34c 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/push.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/push.py
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ def push(
             jobs=jobs,
             recursive=recursive,
         )["local"]
-        self.cloud.push(
+        return self.cloud.push(
             used, jobs, remote=remote, show_checksums=show_checksums
         )