diff --git a/obs-service-recompress.changes b/obs-service-recompress.changes
index 3f43ccf..4f5e9bd 100644
--- a/obs-service-recompress.changes
+++ b/obs-service-recompress.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar  1 18:50:01 GMT 2012 - aspiers@suse.com
+
+- Display message on successful (re)compression.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 14 15:52:17 UTC 2012 - aspiers@suse.com
 
diff --git a/recompress b/recompress
index ddddff1..fb8d96a 100644
--- a/recompress
+++ b/recompress
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ for i in $FILES; do
 
   # do the real work
   $UNCOMPRESS "$FILE" | $COMPRESS > "$MYOUTDIR/$NEWFILE" || exit 1
+  echo "Compressed $FILE to $NEWFILE"
 
   # we can remove service files, no need to store them twice
   rm -f "$FILE"