diff --git a/src/package.lisp b/src/package.lisp
index 3c8b6f5..9b9edc3 100644
--- a/src/package.lisp
+++ b/src/package.lisp
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 
            #:pgtable-initialize-reject-files
            #:pgtable-secs
+           #:pgtable-rows
            #:pgtable-start
            #:pgtable-stop
            #:pgtable-reject-data
diff --git a/src/sources/common/db-methods.lisp b/src/sources/common/db-methods.lisp
index 1d2e3d7..edf62d1 100644
--- a/src/sources/common/db-methods.lisp
+++ b/src/sources/common/db-methods.lisp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
   ;; able to benefit from the indexes. In particular avoid doing that step
   ;; while CREATE INDEX statements are in flight (avoid locking).
   ;;
-  (log-message :notice "Complete PostgreSQL database.")
+  (log-message :notice "Completing PostgreSQL database.")
 
   (when reset-sequences
     (reset-sequences (clone-connection (target-db copy)) catalog))
diff --git a/src/utils/monitor.lisp b/src/utils/monitor.lisp
index 2e4b96c..32eefc7 100644
--- a/src/utils/monitor.lisp
+++ b/src/utils/monitor.lisp
@@ -238,6 +238,21 @@
                             :rs   (update-stats-rs event)
                             :ws   (update-stats-ws event))
 
+              ;; log some kind of a “keep alive” message to the user, for
+              ;; the sake of showing progress.
+              ;;
+              ;; something like one message every 20 batches should only
+              ;; target big tables where we have to wait for a pretty long
+              ;; time.
+              (when (and (update-stats-rows event)
+                         (typep label 'pgloader.catalog:table)
+                         (< (* 19 *copy-batch-rows*)
+                            (mod (pgtable-rows table)
+                                 (* 20 *copy-batch-rows*))))
+                (log-message :notice "copy ~a: ~d rows done"
+                             (pgloader.catalog:format-table-name label)
+                             (pgtable-rows table)))
+
               (when (update-stats-start event)
                 (log-message :debug "start ~a ~30t ~a"
                              (pgloader.catalog:format-table-name label)