diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/sisu/maven/bridge/plugin/ExportMojo.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/sisu/maven/bridge/plugin/ExportMojo.java
index 1ab11c7..f443163 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/sisu/maven/bridge/plugin/ExportMojo.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/sonatype/sisu/maven/bridge/plugin/ExportMojo.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
@@ -84,30 +85,6 @@ public void execute()
         writeProperties( properties );
     }
 
-    private void writeProperties( final Properties properties )
-        throws MojoFailureException
-    {
-        FileOutputStream out = null;
-        try
-        {
-            propertiesFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
-            propertiesFile.createNewFile();
-
-            out = new FileOutputStream( propertiesFile );
-            properties.store( out, null );
-        }
-        catch ( IOException e )
-        {
-            throw new MojoFailureException(
-                "Could not write provided properties file '" + propertiesFile.getAbsolutePath() + "'", e
-            );
-        }
-        finally
-        {
-            Closeables.closeQuietly( out );
-        }
-    }
-
     private void setIfNotPresent( final Properties properties, final String key, final String value )
     {
         // TODO ? shall we not override exiting properties? because if "mvn clean" is not called second run will not overwrite
@@ -134,6 +111,8 @@ private Properties eventuallyReadExistingProperties()
         {
             in = new FileInputStream( propertiesFile );
             properties.load( in );
+            getLog().debug( "Using existing properties file '" + propertiesFile.getAbsolutePath() + "'" );
+            logProperties( properties );
         }
         catch ( final FileNotFoundException e )
         {
@@ -152,4 +131,42 @@ private Properties eventuallyReadExistingProperties()
         return properties;
     }
 
+    private void writeProperties( final Properties properties )
+        throws MojoFailureException
+    {
+        FileOutputStream out = null;
+        try
+        {
+            propertiesFile.getParentFile().mkdirs();
+            propertiesFile.createNewFile();
+
+            out = new FileOutputStream( propertiesFile );
+            properties.store( out, "Parts generated by sisu-maven-bridge-plugin" );
+            getLog().info( "Properties exported to file '" + propertiesFile.getAbsolutePath() + "'" );
+            logProperties( properties );
+        }
+        catch ( IOException e )
+        {
+            throw new MojoFailureException(
+                "Could not write provided properties file '" + propertiesFile.getAbsolutePath() + "'", e
+            );
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Closeables.closeQuietly( out );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void logProperties( final Properties properties )
+    {
+        if ( getLog().isDebugEnabled() && !properties.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            getLog().debug( "" );
+            for ( Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : properties.entrySet() )
+            {
+                getLog().debug( entry.toString() );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }