diff --git a/src/tools/unstable-book-gen/src/main.rs b/src/tools/unstable-book-gen/src/main.rs
index adec73d4a69b7..337ebc555425b 100644
--- a/src/tools/unstable-book-gen/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/unstable-book-gen/src/main.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ macro_rules! t {
 
 fn generate_stub_issue(path: &Path, name: &str, issue: u32) {
     let mut file = t!(File::create(path));
+    println!("generating stub at {}", path.display());
     t!(file.write_fmt(format_args!(include_str!("stub-issue.md"),
                                    name = name,
                                    issue = issue)));
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ fn generate_stub_issue(path: &Path, name: &str, issue: u32) {
 
 fn generate_stub_no_issue(path: &Path, name: &str) {
     let mut file = t!(File::create(path));
+    println!("generating stub (no issue) at {}", path.display());
     t!(file.write_fmt(format_args!(include_str!("stub-no-issue.md"),
                                    name = name)));
 }