diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_commit/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_commit/gencode-remote
index ac74e5e4..0332d7e0 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__uci_commit/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__uci_commit/gencode-remote
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ batchfile="${__global:?}/tmp/__uci/${transaction_name}.txt"
 
 test -s "${batchfile}" || exit 0
 
+printf 'commit transaction %s\n' "${transaction_name}" >>"${__messages_out:?}"
+
 cat <<'EOF'
 rollback() {
 	uci changes \