diff --git a/menus/darwin.cson b/menus/darwin.cson
index f72552fac..e3681951c 100644
--- a/menus/darwin.cson
+++ b/menus/darwin.cson
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       { label: "VERSION", enabled: false }
       { label: "Restart and Install Update", command: 'application:install-update', visible: false}
       { label: "Check for Update", command: 'application:check-for-update', visible: false}
+      { label: "Downloading Update", command: 'application:check-for-update', enabled: false, visible: false}
       { type: 'separator' }
       { label: 'Preferences...', command: 'application:show-settings' }
       { label: 'Open Your Config', command: 'application:open-your-config' }
diff --git a/src/browser/application-menu.coffee b/src/browser/application-menu.coffee
index 905655ac8..b411551c4 100644
--- a/src/browser/application-menu.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/application-menu.coffee
@@ -71,11 +71,28 @@ class ApplicationMenu
 
   # Toggles Install Update Item
   showInstallUpdateItem: (visible=true) ->
+    if visible
+      @showDownloadingUpdateItem(false)
+      @showCheckForUpdateItem(false)
+
     if (item = _.find(@flattenMenuItems(@menu), (i) -> i.label == 'Restart and Install Update'))
       item.visible = visible
 
+  # Toggles Downloading Update Item
+  showDownloadingUpdateItem: (visible=true) ->
+    if visible
+      @showInstallUpdateItem(false)
+      @showCheckForUpdateItem(false)
+
+    if (item = _.find(@flattenMenuItems(@menu), (i) -> i.label == 'Downloading Update'))
+      item.visible = visible
+
   # Toggles Check For Update Item
   showCheckForUpdateItem: (visible=true) ->
+    if visible
+      @showDownloadingUpdateItem(false)
+      @showInstallUpdateItem(false)
+
     if (item = _.find(@flattenMenuItems(@menu), (i) -> i.label == 'Check for Update'))
       item.visible = visible
 
diff --git a/src/browser/atom-application.coffee b/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
index 02c67140b..ac0d13f4e 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
@@ -133,48 +133,38 @@ class AtomApplication
     autoUpdater.setFeedUrl "https://atom.io/api/updates?version=#{@version}"
 
     autoUpdater.on 'checking-for-update', =>
+      @applicationMenu.showDownloadingUpdateItem(false)
       @applicationMenu.showInstallUpdateItem(false)
       @applicationMenu.showCheckForUpdateItem(false)
 
     autoUpdater.on 'update-not-available', =>
-      @applicationMenu.showInstallUpdateItem(false)
       @applicationMenu.showCheckForUpdateItem(true)
 
+    autoUpdater.on 'update-available', =>
+      @applicationMenu.showDownloadingUpdateItem(true)
+
     autoUpdater.on 'update-downloaded', (event, releaseNotes, releaseName, releaseDate, releaseURL) =>
       atomWindow.sendCommand('window:update-available', [releaseName, releaseNotes]) for atomWindow in @windows
       @applicationMenu.showInstallUpdateItem(true)
-      @applicationMenu.showCheckForUpdateItem(false)
       @updateVersion = releaseName
 
     autoUpdater.on 'error', (event, message) =>
-      @applicationMenu.showInstallUpdateItem(false)
       @applicationMenu.showCheckForUpdateItem(true)
 
     # Check for update after Atom has fully started and the menus are created
     setTimeout((-> autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()), 5000)
 
   checkForUpdate: ->
-    autoUpdater.once 'update-available', ->
-      dialog.showMessageBox
-        type: 'info'
-        buttons: ['OK']
-        message: 'Update available.'
-        detail: 'A new update is being downloaded.'
+    @onUpdateNotAvailable ?= =>
+      autoUpdater.removeListener 'error', @onUpdateError
+      dialog.showMessageBox type: 'info', buttons: ['OK'], message: 'No update available.', detail: "Version #{@version} is the latest version."
 
-    autoUpdater.once 'update-not-available', =>
-      dialog.showMessageBox
-        type: 'info'
-        buttons: ['OK']
-        message: 'No update available.'
-        detail: "Version #{@version} is the latest version."
-
-    autoUpdater.once 'error', (event, message)->
-      dialog.showMessageBox
-        type: 'warning'
-        buttons: ['OK']
-        message: 'There was an error checking for updates.'
-        detail: message
+    @onUpdateError ?= (event, message) =>
+      autoUpdater.removeListener 'update-not-available', @onUpdateNotAvailable
+      dialog.showMessageBox type: 'warning', buttons: ['OK'], message: 'There was an error checking for updates.', detail: message
 
+    autoUpdater.on 'update-not-available', @onUpdateNotAvailable
+    autoUpdater.on 'error', @onUpdateError
     autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
 
   # Registers basic application commands, non-idempotent.