diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index 3165b597e4..371974a4ee 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ module Homebrew
       }
     end
 
+    puts "Writing #{filename.json}" if args.verbose?
     json_path = Pathname(filename.json)
     json_path.unlink if json_path.exist?
     json_path.write(JSON.pretty_generate(json))
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ module Homebrew
               puts "Copying #{filename} to #{all_filename}" if args.verbose?
               FileUtils.cp filename.to_s, all_filename.to_s
 
+              puts "Writing #{filename.json}" if args.verbose?
               all_local_json_path = Pathname(filename.json)
               all_local_json_path.unlink if all_local_json_path.exist?
               all_local_json_path.write(JSON.pretty_generate(all_bottle_hash))