diff --git a/crates/project-model/src/build_dependencies.rs b/crates/project-model/src/build_dependencies.rs
index adbaa8ef8d..499caa622c 100644
--- a/crates/project-model/src/build_dependencies.rs
+++ b/crates/project-model/src/build_dependencies.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ impl WorkspaceBuildScripts {
                 match message {
                     Message::BuildScriptExecuted(mut message) => {
                         with_output_for(&message.package_id.repr, &mut |name, data| {
-                            progress(format!("running build-script: {name}"));
+                            progress(format!(
+                                "building compile-time-deps: build script {name} run"
+                            ));
                             let cfgs = {
                                 let mut acc = Vec::new();
                                 for cfg in &message.cfgs {
@@ -343,7 +345,9 @@ impl WorkspaceBuildScripts {
                     }
                     Message::CompilerArtifact(message) => {
                         with_output_for(&message.package_id.repr, &mut |name, data| {
-                            progress(format!("building proc-macros: {name}"));
+                            progress(format!(
+                                "building compile-time-deps: proc-macro {name} built"
+                            ));
                             if message.target.kind.contains(&cargo_metadata::TargetKind::ProcMacro)
                             {
                                 // Skip rmeta file
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/flycheck.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/flycheck.rs
index 0e418240db..91d37bd7c9 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/flycheck.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/flycheck.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{fmt, io, process::Command, time::Duration};
 use cargo_metadata::PackageId;
 use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender, select_biased, unbounded};
 use ide_db::FxHashSet;
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use paths::{AbsPath, AbsPathBuf, Utf8PathBuf};
 use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
 use serde::Deserialize as _;
@@ -379,7 +380,11 @@ impl FlycheckActor {
                             package_id = msg.package_id.repr,
                             "artifact received"
                         );
-                        self.report_progress(Progress::DidCheckCrate(msg.target.name));
+                        self.report_progress(Progress::DidCheckCrate(format!(
+                            "{} ({})",
+                            msg.target.name,
+                            msg.target.kind.iter().format_with(", ", |kind, f| f(&kind)),
+                        )));
                         let package_id = Arc::new(msg.package_id);
                         if self.diagnostics_cleared_for.insert(package_id.clone()) {
                             tracing::trace!(