diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f919cdb..9bdfb77 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -337,7 +337,12 @@ func unlinkCmd(args []string) error {
 }
 
 func removeCmd(args []string) error {
-	flags, pkgName, err := parsePackageFlags(args)
+	flags, pkgSpec, err := parsePackageFlags(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	pkgName, relPath, err := splitPackageSpec(pkgSpec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -364,7 +369,21 @@ func removeCmd(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := restorePackage(filesDir, targetRoot, flags.dryRun); err != nil {
+	if relPath == "" {
+		if err := restorePackage(filesDir, targetRoot, flags.dryRun); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if flags.dryRun {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if err := os.RemoveAll(pkgDir); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("removed package %s\n", pkgName)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := restorePath(filesDir, targetRoot, relPath, flags.dryRun); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -372,7 +391,11 @@ func removeCmd(args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return os.RemoveAll(pkgDir)
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(filesDir, relPath)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("removed %s:%s\n", pkgName, relPath)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func applyPackage(filesDir, targetRoot string) error {
@@ -713,6 +736,7 @@ func removeLinks(paths []string, dryRun bool) error {
 		if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		fmt.Printf("removed %s\n", path)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -818,6 +842,7 @@ func restoreOne(sourcePath, targetPath, filesAbs string, dryRun bool) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	fmt.Printf("restored %s\n", targetPath)
 	return copyFile(sourcePath, targetPath)
 }