diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index b4f8ed4a8..3dd73580a 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-03-06  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/GrampsBSDDB.py: display upgrade messages to stdout
+
 2005-03-06  Don Allingham  <dallingham@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* src/GrampsBSDDB.py: add upgrade to version 3 for new Name type
 	* src/NameEdit.py: add date editor field
diff --git a/gramps2/src/GrampsBSDDB.py b/gramps2/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
index b44562086..e0e86937d 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/GrampsBSDDB.py
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ class GrampsBSDDB(GrampsDbBase):
         
         version = self.metadata['version']
         if version < 2:
+            print "Upgrading to DB version 2"
             cursor = self.get_person_cursor()
             data = cursor.first()
             while data:
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ class GrampsBSDDB(GrampsDbBase):
                 data = cursor.next()
             cursor.close()
         if version < 3:
+            print "Upgrading to DB version 3"
             cursor = self.get_person_cursor()
             data = cursor.first()
             while data: