diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
index 5199af6f6df1b7..61e6dd7988aeab 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ sub get_mw_tracked_namespaces {
             aplimit => 'max' } )
             || die $mediawiki->{error}->{code} . ': '
                 . $mediawiki->{error}->{details} . "\n";
+        print {*STDERR} "$#{$mw_pages} found in namespace $local_namespace ($namespace_id)\n";
         foreach my $page (@{$mw_pages}) {
             $pages->{$page->{title}} = $page;
         }