diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 91ce779cf5..54ae47ce4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 v1.2.alpha (XXXX-XX-XX)
 -----------------------
 
+* added --progress option for arangoimp. This will show the percentage of the input
+  file that has been processed by arangoimp while the import is still running. It can
+  be used as a rough indicator of progress for the entire import.
+
+* make the server log documents that cannot be imported via /_api/import into the
+  logfile using the warning log level. This may help finding illegal documents in big
+  import runs.
+
 * check on server startup whether the database directory and all collection directories
   are writable. if not, the server startup will be aborted. this prevents serious
   problems with collections being non-writable and this being detected at some pointer
diff --git a/arangod/Documentation/imp-manual.dox b/arangod/Documentation/imp-manual.dox
index 2ac7296b24..3ed00fb7b7 100644
--- a/arangod/Documentation/imp-manual.dox
+++ b/arangod/Documentation/imp-manual.dox
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@
 /// @LIT{./arangoimp \-\-file "data.json" \-\-type json \-\-collection "users"}
 ///
 /// This will transfer the data to the server, import the records, and print a
-/// status summary. 
+/// status summary. To show the intermediate progress during the import process,
+/// the option @LIT{\-\-progress} can be added. This option will show the
+/// percentage of the input file that has been sent to the server. This will only
+/// be useful for big import files.
+///
+/// @LIT{./arangoimp \-\-file "data.json" \-\-type json \-\-collection "users" \-\-progress true}
 ///
 /// By default, the endpoint @LIT{tcp://127.0.0.1:8529} will be used. 
 /// If you want to specify a different endpoint, you can use the \-\-server.endpoint