diff --git a/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteCommand.java b/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteCommand.java
index 30dc9afacb..acf7325985 100644
--- a/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteCommand.java
+++ b/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteCommand.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
-@Command(name = "execute", description = "run .vcml or .omex files via Python API")
+@Command(name = "execute", description = "run .vcml or .omex files")
 public class ExecuteCommand implements Callable<Integer> {
 
     private final static Logger logger = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(ExecuteCommand.class);
diff --git a/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteImpl.java b/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteImpl.java
index f1556bee3e..fd6d38adc3 100644
--- a/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteImpl.java
+++ b/vcell-cli/src/main/java/org/vcell/cli/run/ExecuteImpl.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public static void batchMode(File dirOfArchivesToProcess, File outputDir, CLIRec
         // Build statuses
         for (File inputFile : inputFiles){
             String bioModelBaseName = FileUtils.getBaseName(inputFile.getName());
+            logger.debug("Performing initial processing of `" + bioModelBaseName + "` (source file: `" + inputFile.getName() +"`)");
             String outputBaseDir = outputDir.getAbsolutePath(); // bioModelBaseName = input file without the path
             String targetOutputDir = Paths.get(outputBaseDir, bioModelBaseName).toString();
             File adjustedOutputDir = new File(targetOutputDir);