diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
index d40cdaf97c..9907745d5c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class Cleaner
   # Clean a single folder (non-recursively)
   def clean_dir d
     d.find do |path|
+      path.extend(NoiseyPathname) if ARGV.verbose?
+
       if path.directory?
         # Stop cleaning this subtree if protected
         Find.prune if @f.skip_clean? path
@@ -72,3 +74,15 @@ class Cleaner
   end
 
 end
+
+
+class Pathname
+  alias_method :orig_unlink, :unlink
+end
+
+module NoiseyPathname
+  def unlink
+    puts "rm: #{self}"
+    orig_unlink
+  end
+end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index d4ae876bdc..d9cff505c1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
   end
 
   def clean
+    ohai "Cleaning" if ARGV.verbose?
     if f.class.skip_clean_all?
       opoo "skip_clean :all is deprecated"
       puts "Skip clean was commonly used to prevent brew from stripping binaries."