diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-codegen-all b/bin/cdist-object-codegen-all
index 98d4d9e0..204659dc 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-codegen-all
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-codegen-all
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 . cdist-config
 
-if [ $# -ne 3 ]; then
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    __cdist_usage "<target host> <object_base_dir>"
 fi
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ __cdist_object_list "$__cdist_object_base_dir" > "$__cdist_tmp_file"
 
 while read object; do
    code="$(__cdist_object_code "$object")"
+   echo "Generating code for $object ..."
 
    cdist-object-codegen "$__cdist_target_host"     \
                         "$__cdist_object_base_dir" \