diff --git a/mch-cli/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/cli/CommitCommand.java b/mch-cli/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/cli/CommitCommand.java
index e5a0670..717d9d7 100644
--- a/mch-cli/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/cli/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/mch-cli/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/cli/CommitCommand.java
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ public class CommitCommand implements Runnable {
     @Option(names = "--no-cache", negatable = true, defaultValue = "true", description = "Skip caching by looking at the current commit.")
     boolean cache;
 
+    @Option(names = "--verbose", defaultValue = "false", description = "Print more information while processing the commit.")
+    boolean verbose;
+
     @Override
     public void run() {
         try {
-            CommitOperation.run(this.repository, this.commitMessage, this.cache);
+            CommitOperation.run(this.repository, this.commitMessage, this.cache, this.verbose);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             System.err.println("Failed to commit.");
             e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/mch/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/operation/CommitOperation.java b/mch/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/operation/CommitOperation.java
index e3bebe8..c7a33d8 100644
--- a/mch/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/operation/CommitOperation.java
+++ b/mch/src/main/java/ca/bkaw/mch/operation/CommitOperation.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * Utility class for performing a commit.
  */
 public class CommitOperation {
-    public static void run(MchRepository repository, String commitMessage, boolean cache) throws IOException {
+    public static void run(MchRepository repository, String commitMessage, boolean cache, boolean verbose) throws IOException {
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
         // Read configuration and current commit from repository
@@ -86,12 +86,16 @@ public static void run(MchRepository repository, String commitMessage, boolean c
 
                     // Store region files
                     int unmodifiedRegionFiles = 0;
+                    int emptyRegionFiles = 0;
 
                     for (RegionFileInfo regionFileInfo : worldProvider.getRegionFiles(dimensionKey)) {
                         if (regionFileInfo.fileSize() == 0) {
                             // I am not sure how or why these empty region files are created, but since they
                             // are 0 bytes they do not contain valid data. Skip them to avoid crashing.
-                            System.out.println("    Skipping empty file (0 bytes): " + regionFileInfo.fileName());
+                            if (verbose) {
+                                System.out.println("    Skipping empty file (0 bytes): " + regionFileInfo.fileName());
+                            }
+                            emptyRegionFiles++;
                             continue;
                         }
 
@@ -105,6 +109,9 @@ public static void run(MchRepository repository, String commitMessage, boolean c
                             // changed.
                             // We can simply reference the same version number that the previous commit has.
                             dimension.addRegionFile(currentRegionFileInfo);
+                            if (verbose) {
+                                System.out.println("    Not modified: " + regionFileInfo.fileName());
+                            }
                             unmodifiedRegionFiles++;
                             continue;
                         }
@@ -194,6 +201,10 @@ public static void run(MchRepository repository, String commitMessage, boolean c
                         dimension.addRegionFile(regionFileReference);
                     }
 
+                    System.out.println("    " + emptyRegionFiles
+                        + (emptyRegionFiles == 1 ? " region file" : " region files")
+                        + " were empty (0 bytes)");
+
                     System.out.println("    " + unmodifiedRegionFiles
                         + (unmodifiedRegionFiles == 1 ? " region file" : " region files")
                         + " were not modified");