diff --git a/go/store/nbs/archive_build.go b/go/store/nbs/archive_build.go
index 357f698558..361b0e2977 100644
--- a/go/store/nbs/archive_build.go
+++ b/go/store/nbs/archive_build.go
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ func archiveSingleBlockStore(ctx context.Context, bscb func() *NomsBlockStore, d
 			continue
 		}
 
+		progress <- fmt.Sprintf("Archiving TableFile %s\n", tf.String())
+
 		idx, err := cs.index()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err