diff --git a/Command/ProgressClosureBuilder.php b/Command/ProgressClosureBuilder.php
index b918511..53bcb18 100644
--- a/Command/ProgressClosureBuilder.php
+++ b/Command/ProgressClosureBuilder.php
@@ -35,12 +35,18 @@ class ProgressClosureBuilder
 
         $progress = null;
 
-        return function ($increment, $totalObjects) use (&$progress, $output, $action, $index, $type) {
+        return function ($increment, $totalObjects, $message = null) use (&$progress, $output, $action, $index, $type) {
             if (null === $progress) {
                 $progress = new ProgressBar($output, $totalObjects);
                 $progress->start();
             }
 
+            if (null !== $message) {
+                $progress->clear();
+                $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>%s</info> <error>%s</error>', $action, $message));
+                $progress->display();
+            }
+
             $progress->setMessage(sprintf('<info>%s</info> <comment>%s/%s</comment>', $action, $index, $type));
             $progress->advance($increment);
         };
@@ -62,11 +68,15 @@ class ProgressClosureBuilder
         $lastStep = null;
         $current = 0;
 
-        return function ($increment, $totalObjects) use ($output, $action, $index, $type, &$lastStep, &$current) {
+        return function ($increment, $totalObjects, $message = null) use ($output, $action, $index, $type, &$lastStep, &$current) {
             if ($current + $increment > $totalObjects) {
                 $increment = $totalObjects - $current;
             }
 
+            if (null !== $message) {
+                $output->writeln(sprintf('<info>%s</info> <error>%s</error>', $action, $message));
+            }
+
             $currentTime = microtime(true);
             $timeDifference = $currentTime - $lastStep;
             $objectsPerSecond = $lastStep ? ($increment / $timeDifference) : $increment;
diff --git a/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php b/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
index 80d0716..2d5d264 100644
--- a/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
+++ b/Doctrine/AbstractProvider.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ abstract class AbstractProvider extends BaseAbstractProvider
                         $this->objectPersister->insertMany($objects);
                     } catch(BulkResponseException $e) {
                         if ($loggerClosure) {
-                            $loggerClosure(sprintf('<error>%s</error>',$e->getMessage()));
+                            $loggerClosure($batchSize, $nbObjects, sprintf('<error>%s</error>', $e->getMessage()));
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/Provider/ProviderInterface.php b/Provider/ProviderInterface.php
index e8d7ea4..188f2a1 100644
--- a/Provider/ProviderInterface.php
+++ b/Provider/ProviderInterface.php
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ interface ProviderInterface
     /**
      * Persists all domain objects to ElasticSearch for this provider.
      *
+     * The closure can expect 2 or 3 arguments:
+     *   * The step size
+     *   * The total number of objects
+     *   * A message to output in error conditions (not normally provided)
+     *
      * @param \Closure $loggerClosure
      * @param array    $options
      * @return