diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/commands/harvester.py b/ckanext/harvest/commands/harvester.py
index 7158c8c..c0592e4 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/commands/harvester.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/commands/harvester.py
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class Harvester(CkanCommand):
 
       harvester purge_queues
         - removes all jobs from fetch and gather queue
+          WARNING: if using Redis, this command purges all data in the current
+          Redis database
 
       harvester [-j] [-o] [--segments={segments}] import [{source-id}]
         - perform the import stage with the last fetched objects, for a certain
diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
index c523936..76b0a35 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ def purge_queues():
     if backend in ('amqp', 'ampq'):
         channel = connection.channel()
         channel.queue_purge(queue=get_gather_queue_name())
+        log.info('AMQP queue purged: %s', get_gather_queue_name())
         channel.queue_purge(queue=get_fetch_queue_name())
+        log.info('AMQP queue purged: %s', get_fetch_queue_name())
         return
     if backend == 'redis':
-        connection.flushall()
+        connection.flushdb()
+        log.info('Redis database flushed')
 
 def resubmit_jobs():
     if config.get('ckan.harvest.mq.type') != 'redis':
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ def resubmit_jobs():
     for key in harvest_object_pending:
         date_of_key = datetime.datetime.strptime(redis.get(key),
                                                  "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
-        if (datetime.datetime.now() - date_of_key).seconds > 180: # 3 minuites for fetch and import max
+        if (datetime.datetime.now() - date_of_key).seconds > 180: # 3 minutes for fetch and import max
             redis.rpush('harvest_object_id',
                 json.dumps({'harvest_object_id': key.split(':')[-1]})
             )
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ class RedisConsumer(object):
     def basic_ack(self, message):
         self.redis.delete(self.persistance_key(message))
     def queue_purge(self, queue):
-        self.redis.flushall()
+        self.redis.flushdb()
     def basic_get(self, queue):
         body = self.redis.lpop(self.routing_key)
         return (FakeMethod(body), self, body)