diff --git a/ttCompile.py b/ttCompile.py
index 4ef5b8d2c..9f107f534 100644
--- a/ttCompile.py
+++ b/ttCompile.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ for xmlPath in args:
 			print "skipped."
 			continue
 	
+	print 'Compiling "%s" to "%s"...' % (xmlPath, ttPath)
+	
 	tt = ttLib.TTFont(ttInFile, recalcBBoxes=recalcBBoxes, verbose=verbose)
 
 	if os.path.isdir(xmlPath):