diff --git a/cmd/goose/main.go b/cmd/goose/main.go
index a247476..b734eef 100644
--- a/cmd/goose/main.go
+++ b/cmd/goose/main.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	flags = flag.NewFlagSet("goose", flag.ExitOnError)
-	dir   = flags.String("dir", ".", "directory with migration files")
+	flags   = flag.NewFlagSet("goose", flag.ExitOnError)
+	dir     = flags.String("dir", ".", "directory with migration files")
+	verbose = flags.Bool("v", false, "enable verbose mode")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	if *verbose {
+		goose.SetVerbose(true)
+	}
+
 	switch args[0] {
 	case "create":
 		if err := goose.Run("create", nil, *dir, args[1:]...); err != nil {
diff --git a/goose.go b/goose.go
index ff4b5e8..b83c778 100644
--- a/goose.go
+++ b/goose.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package goose
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -12,8 +13,15 @@ var (
 	minVersion         = int64(0)
 	maxVersion         = int64((1 << 63) - 1)
 	timestampFormat    = "20060102150405"
+	verbose            = false
+	reMatchSQLComments = regexp.MustCompile(`(--.*)`)
 )
 
+// SetVerbose set the goose verbosity mode
+func SetVerbose(v bool) {
+	verbose = v
+}
+
 // Run runs a goose command.
 func Run(command string, db *sql.DB, dir string, args ...string) error {
 	switch command {
diff --git a/migration_sql.go b/migration_sql.go
index 319c475..9a80272 100644
--- a/migration_sql.go
+++ b/migration_sql.go
@@ -168,13 +168,17 @@ func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, scriptFile string, v int64, direction bool) err
 	if useTx {
 		// TRANSACTION.
 
+		printInfo("Begin transaction\n")
+
 		tx, err := db.Begin()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
 		for _, query := range statements {
+			printInfo("Executing statement : %s\n", cleanStatement(query))
 			if _, err = tx.Exec(query); err != nil {
+				printInfo("Rollback transaction\n")
 				tx.Rollback()
 				return err
 			}
@@ -182,21 +186,25 @@ func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, scriptFile string, v int64, direction bool) err
 
 		if direction {
 			if _, err := tx.Exec(GetDialect().insertVersionSQL(), v, direction); err != nil {
+				printInfo("Rollback transaction\n")
 				tx.Rollback()
 				return err
 			}
 		} else {
 			if _, err := tx.Exec(GetDialect().deleteVersionSQL(), v); err != nil {
+				printInfo("Rollback transaction\n")
 				tx.Rollback()
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 
+		printInfo("Commit transaction\n")
 		return tx.Commit()
 	}
 
 	// NO TRANSACTION.
 	for _, query := range statements {
+		printInfo("Executing statement : %s\n", cleanStatement(query))
 		if _, err := db.Exec(query); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -207,3 +215,13 @@ func runSQLMigration(db *sql.DB, scriptFile string, v int64, direction bool) err
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func printInfo(s string, args ...interface{}) {
+	if verbose {
+		log.Printf(s, args...)
+	}
+}
+
+func cleanStatement(s string) string {
+	return reMatchSQLComments.ReplaceAllString(s, ``)
+}