diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateItemWriter.java
index 395785f27..60f47cdb1 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/HibernateItemWriter.java
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class HibernateItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<T>, InitializingBean {
 	 */
 	protected void doWrite(HibernateOperations hibernateTemplate, List<? extends T> items) {
 
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug("Writing to Hibernate with " + items.size() + " items.");
+		}
+
 		if (!items.isEmpty()) {
 			long saveOrUpdateCount = 0;
 			for (T item : items) {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaItemWriter.java
index 117766d70..7447d8d7f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaItemWriter.java
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class JpaItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<T>, InitializingBean {
 	 */
 	protected void doWrite(EntityManager entityManager, List<? extends T> items) {
 
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug("Writing to JPA with " + items.size() + " items.");
+		}
+
 		if (!items.isEmpty()) {
 			long mergeCount = 0;
 			for (T item : items) {
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemWriter.java
index 30f26f7b3..4dcd9cc06 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/file/FlatFileItemWriter.java
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.charset.UnsupportedCharsetException;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ExecutionContext;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStream;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemStreamException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.WriteFailedException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.WriterNotOpenException;
+import org.springframework.batch.item.database.JdbcBatchItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.LineAggregator;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.util.ExecutionContextUserSupport;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.util.FileUtils;
@@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 public class FlatFileItemWriter<T> extends ExecutionContextUserSupport implements ResourceAwareItemWriterItemStream<T>,
 		InitializingBean {
 
+	protected static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(JdbcBatchItemWriter.class);
+
 	private static final String DEFAULT_LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
 	private static final String WRITTEN_STATISTICS_NAME = "written";
@@ -182,6 +187,10 @@ public class FlatFileItemWriter<T> extends ExecutionContextUserSupport implement
 			throw new WriterNotOpenException("Writer must be open before it can be written to");
 		}
 
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug("Writing to flat file with " + items.size() + " items.");
+		}
+
 		OutputState state = getOutputState();
 
 		StringBuilder lines = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/JmsItemWriter.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/JmsItemWriter.java
index d95dedbd3..588186f62 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/JmsItemWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/jms/JmsItemWriter.java
@@ -66,9 +66,15 @@ public class JmsItemWriter<T> implements ItemWriter<T> {
 	 * @see org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter#write(java.util.List)
 	 */
 	public void write(List<? extends T> items) throws Exception {
+
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			logger.debug("Writing to JMS with " + items.size() + " items.");
+		}
+
 		for (T item : items) {
 			jmsTemplate.convertAndSend(item);
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }