diff --git a/tool/get-config_files b/tool/get-config_files
index ea2020bc22..4551694180 100755
--- a/tool/get-config_files
+++ b/tool/get-config_files
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/ruby
 require File.expand_path('../config_files', __FILE__)
-ARGV.each {|n| ConfigFiles.download(n)}
+ARGV.each {|n|
+  STDOUT.print "Downloading #{n}..."; STDOUT.flush
+  ConfigFiles.download(n)
+  STDOUT.puts
+}