diff --git a/ietf/submit/migrations/0008_data_for_submission_draft_field.py b/ietf/submit/migrations/0008_data_for_submission_draft_field.py
index fe1ff10e5..87556f38b 100644
--- a/ietf/submit/migrations/0008_data_for_submission_draft_field.py
+++ b/ietf/submit/migrations/0008_data_for_submission_draft_field.py
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from tqdm import tqdm
 from django.db import migrations
 
 def populate_submission_draft(apps, schema_editor):
     Submission = apps.get_model('submit', 'Submission')
     Document = apps.get_model('doc', 'Document')
     print("")
-    for submission in Submission.objects.filter(state_id='posted'):
-        if submission.draft == None:
-            try:
-                draft = Document.objects.get(name=submission.name)
-            except Document.DoesNotExist:
-                print( "Failed to find %s-%s" % (submission.name, submission.rev))
-                continue
-            submission.draft = draft
-            submission.save()
+    submissions = Submission.objects.filter(state_id='posted', draft=None)
+    count = submissions.count()
+    print("    Fixing up draft information for %s submissions" % count)
+    for submission in tqdm(submissions):
+        try:
+            draft = Document.objects.get(name=submission.name)
+        except Document.DoesNotExist:
+            print( "    Failed to find %s-%s" % (submission.name, submission.rev))
+            continue
+        submission.draft = draft
+        submission.save()
 
 def backward(apps, schema_editor):
     pass                                # nothing to do
diff --git a/ietf/submit/migrations/0010_data_set_submission_check_symbol.py b/ietf/submit/migrations/0010_data_set_submission_check_symbol.py
index 886b83772..6c04e8f0b 100644
--- a/ietf/submit/migrations/0010_data_set_submission_check_symbol.py
+++ b/ietf/submit/migrations/0010_data_set_submission_check_symbol.py
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from tqdm import tqdm
 from django.db import migrations
 from ietf.submit.checkers import DraftIdnitsChecker, DraftYangChecker
 
 def set_submission_check_symbol(apps, schema_editor):
     SubmissionCheck = apps.get_model('submit','SubmissionCheck')
-    for s in SubmissionCheck.objects.all():
+    checks = SubmissionCheck.objects.all()
+    print("")
+    print("    Adding submission check symbol info to existing checks")
+    for s in tqdm():
         if not s.symbol:
             if s.checker == "idnits check":
                 s.symbol = DraftIdnitsChecker.symbol
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 19d4eea57..c898cf851 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ python-magic>=0.4.6
 python-memcached>=1.48		# for django.core.cache.backends.memcached
 pytz>=2014.7
 six>=1.8.0
+tqdm>=3.5.0
 Unidecode>=0.4.18
 #wsgiref>=0.1.2
 xml2rfc>=2.5.