diff --git a/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/generate.rs b/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/generate.rs
index 934f91a8..5c41a5cf 100644
--- a/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/generate.rs
+++ b/sea-orm-cli/src/commands/generate.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
                     use sea_schema::mysql::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
                     use sqlx::MySql;
 
+                    println!("Connecting to MySQL ...");
                     let connection = connect::<MySql>(max_connections, url.as_str(), None).await?;
+                    println!("Discovering schema ...");
                     let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection, database_name);
                     let schema = schema_discovery.discover().await?;
                     let table_stmts = schema
@@ -127,7 +129,9 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
                     use sea_schema::sqlite::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
                     use sqlx::Sqlite;
 
+                    println!("Connecting to SQLite ...");
                     let connection = connect::<Sqlite>(max_connections, url.as_str(), None).await?;
+                    println!("Discovering schema ...");
                     let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection);
                     let schema = schema_discovery.discover().await?;
                     let table_stmts = schema
@@ -144,9 +148,11 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
                     use sea_schema::postgres::discovery::SchemaDiscovery;
                     use sqlx::Postgres;
 
+                    println!("Connecting to Postgres ...");
                     let schema = &database_schema;
                     let connection =
                         connect::<Postgres>(max_connections, url.as_str(), Some(schema)).await?;
+                    println!("Discovering schema ...");
                     let schema_discovery = SchemaDiscovery::new(connection, schema);
                     let schema = schema_discovery.discover().await?;
                     let table_stmts = schema
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
                 }
                 _ => unimplemented!("{} is not supported", url.scheme()),
             };
+            println!("... discovered.");
 
             let writer_context = EntityWriterContext::new(
                 expanded_format,
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
 
             for OutputFile { name, content } in output.files.iter() {
                 let file_path = dir.join(name);
+                println!("Writing {file_path}");
                 let mut file = fs::File::create(file_path)?;
                 file.write_all(content.as_bytes())?;
             }
@@ -194,6 +202,8 @@ pub async fn run_generate_command(
                     return Err(format!("Fail to format file `{name}`").into());
                 }
             }
+
+            println!("... Done.");
         }
     }