diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Reindex.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Reindex.java
index 52d3bd387b..85e860966f 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Reindex.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/pgm/Reindex.java
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ public class Reindex extends SiteProgram {
     if (result.success()) {
       index.markReady(true);
     }
+    System.out.format(
+        "Index %s in version %d is %sready\n",
+        def.getName(), index.getSchema().getVersion(), result.success() ? "" : "NOT ");
     return result.success();
   }
 }