diff --git a/file.go b/file.go
index 4619e05..fce4072 100644
--- a/file.go
+++ b/file.go
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ func shouldExtractPathInZip(pathPrefix string, zipPath *zip.File) bool {
 }
 
 // Decompress the file at zipFileAbsPath and move only those files under filesToExtractFromZipPath to localPath
-func extractFiles(zipFilePath, filesToExtractFromZipPath, localPath string) error {
+func extractFiles(zipFilePath, filesToExtractFromZipPath, localPath string) (int, error) {
 
 	// Open the zip file for reading.
 	r, err := zip.OpenReader(zipFilePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return 0, err
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
 
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ func extractFiles(zipFilePath, filesToExtractFromZipPath, localPath string) erro
 	// Add the path from which we will extract files to the path prefix so we can exclude the appropriate files
 	pathPrefix = filepath.Join(pathPrefix, filesToExtractFromZipPath)
 
+	// Count the number of files (not directories) unpacked
+	fileCount := 0
+
 	// Iterate through the files in the archive,
 	// printing some of their contents.
 	for _, f := range r.File {
@@ -114,30 +117,31 @@ func extractFiles(zipFilePath, filesToExtractFromZipPath, localPath string) erro
 				path := filepath.Join(localPath, strings.TrimPrefix(f.Name, pathPrefix))
 				err = os.MkdirAll(path, 0777)
 				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create local directory %s: %s", path, err)
+					return fileCount, fmt.Errorf("Failed to create local directory %s: %s", path, err)
 				}
 			} else {
 				// Read the file into a byte array
 				readCloser, err := f.Open()
 				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to open file %s: %s", f.Name, err)
+					return fileCount, fmt.Errorf("Failed to open file %s: %s", f.Name, err)
 				}
 
 				byteArray, err := ioutil.ReadAll(readCloser)
 				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read file %s: %s", f.Name, err)
+					return fileCount, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read file %s: %s", f.Name, err)
 				}
 
 				// Write the file
 				err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(localPath, strings.TrimPrefix(f.Name, pathPrefix)), byteArray, 0644)
 				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to write file: %s", err)
+					return fileCount, fmt.Errorf("Failed to write file: %s", err)
 				}
+				fileCount++
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return fileCount, nil
 }
 
 // Return an HTTP request that will fetch the given GitHub repo's zip file for the given tag, possibly with the gitHubOAuthToken in the header
diff --git a/file_test.go b/file_test.go
index f78a264..40e5f78 100644
--- a/file_test.go
+++ b/file_test.go
@@ -307,11 +307,15 @@ func TestExtractFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
 
-		err = extractFiles(tc.localFilePath, tc.filePathToExtract, tempDir)
+		fileCount, err := extractFiles(tc.localFilePath, tc.filePathToExtract, tempDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("Failed to extract files: %s", err)
 		}
 
+		if fileCount != tc.expectedNumFiles {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected to extract %d files, extracted %d instead", tc.expectedNumFiles, fileCount)
+		}
+
 		// Count the number of files in the directory
 		var numFiles int
 		filepath.Walk(tempDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
@@ -351,12 +355,18 @@ func TestExtractFilesExtractFile(t *testing.T) {
 	zipFilePath := "test-fixtures/fetch-test-public-0.0.4.zip"
 	filePathToExtract := "zzz.txt"
 	localFileName := "/localzzz.txt"
+	expectedFileCount := 1
 	localPathName := filepath.Join(tempDir, localFileName)
-	err = extractFiles(zipFilePath, filePathToExtract, localPathName)
+	fileCount, err := extractFiles(zipFilePath, filePathToExtract, localPathName)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to extract files: %s", err)
 	}
 
+	if fileCount != expectedFileCount {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to extract %d files, extracted %d instead", expectedFileCount, fileCount)
+	}
+
 	filepath.Walk(tempDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		relativeFilename := strings.TrimPrefix(path, tempDir)
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f7a2e58..bf399a8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -288,10 +288,17 @@ func downloadSourcePaths(sourcePaths []string, destPath string, githubRepo GitHu
 
 	// Unzip and move the files we need to our destination
 	for _, sourcePath := range sourcePaths {
-		fmt.Printf("Extracting files from <repo>%s to %s ...\n", sourcePath, destPath)
-		if err := extractFiles(localZipFilePath, sourcePath, destPath); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Extracting files from <repo>%s to %s ... ", sourcePath, destPath)
+		fileCount, err := extractFiles(localZipFilePath, sourcePath, destPath)
+		plural := ""
+		if fileCount != 1 {
+			plural = "s"
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%d file%s extracted\n", fileCount, plural)
+		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error occurred while extracting files from GitHub zip file: %s", err.Error())
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	fmt.Println("Download and file extraction complete.")