diff --git a/PVE/CLI/qm.pm b/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
index 9eadedd2..75e27044 100755
--- a/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
+++ b/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
@@ -483,12 +483,13 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	my $storecfg = PVE::Storage::config();
 	PVE::Storage::storage_check_enabled($storecfg, $storeid);
 
-	my $target_storage_config =
-	    PVE::Storage::storage_config($storecfg, $storeid);
+	my $target_storage_config =  PVE::Storage::storage_config($storecfg, $storeid);
 	die "storage $storeid does not support vm images\n"
 	    if !$target_storage_config->{content}->{images};
 
-	PVE::QemuServer::ImportDisk::do_import($source, $vmid, $storeid, { format => $format });
+	print "importing disk '$source' to VM $vmid ...\n";
+	my ($drive_id, $volid) = PVE::QemuServer::ImportDisk::do_import($source, $vmid, $storeid, { format => $format });
+	print "Successfully imported disk as '$drive_id:$volid'\n";
 
 	return undef;
     }});
diff --git a/PVE/QemuServer/ImportDisk.pm b/PVE/QemuServer/ImportDisk.pm
index bae380c4..51ad52ea 100755
--- a/PVE/QemuServer/ImportDisk.pm
+++ b/PVE/QemuServer/ImportDisk.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub do_import {
 		PVE::QemuServer::vmconfig_apply_pending($vmid, $vm_conf, $storecfg);
 	    }
 	} else {
-	    PVE::QemuConfig->add_unused_volume($vm_conf, $dst_volid);
+	    $drive_name = PVE::QemuConfig->add_unused_volume($vm_conf, $dst_volid);
 	    PVE::QemuConfig->write_config($vmid, $vm_conf);
 	}
     };
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ sub do_import {
 	warn "cleanup of $dst_volid failed: $@\n" if $@;
 	die $err;
     }
+
+    return ($drive_name, $dst_volid);
 }
 
 1;