diff --git a/export_md/codimd_export.py b/export_md/codimd_export.py
index 262becd1a1a490ba83c2c08a9720091692ba8423..62ae4803b10043b81e6fbc5b9e58679bc64eca07 100755
--- a/export_md/codimd_export.py
+++ b/export_md/codimd_export.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def export_from_codimd(instance_url, session_id, export_to):
     target_dir = prepare_target_dir(export_to)
     num_ok = num_fail = 0
     print_block_heading(f"Accessing history and trying to fetch each document")
+    print("Hold on, this may take a while...")
     for row in data["history"]:
         document_id = row["id"]
         document_url = f"{instance_url}/{quote(document_id)}"