diff --git a/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish.rb b/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish.rb
index ce812876..c56122f0 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def tag_versions
           provider_application_version = Pact.configuration.provider.application_version
 
           Pact.configuration.provider.tags.each do | tag |
+            Pact.configuration.output_stream.puts "INFO: Tagging version #{provider_application_version} of #{provider_name} as #{tag.inspect}"
             tag_entity = tag_link.expand(version: provider_application_version, tag: tag).put
             unless tag_entity.success?
               raise PublicationError.new("Error returned from tagging request #{tag_entity.response.code} #{tag_entity.response.body}")
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ def publish_verification_results
         def consumer_name
           pact_source.pact_hash['consumer']['name']
         end
+
+        def provider_name
+          pact_source.pact_hash['provider']['name']
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
index 21e278d0..1260163a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider/verification_results/publish_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ module VerificationResults
               'consumer' => {
                 'name' => 'Foo'
               },
+              'provider' => {
+                'name' => 'Bar'
+              },
               '_links' => {
                 'pb:publish-verification-results'=> {
                   'href' => publish_verification_url
@@ -121,6 +124,11 @@ module VerificationResults
                   expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:put, 'http://provider/version/1.2.3/tag/foo').with(headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'})
                 end
 
+                it "logs the tagging to stdout" do
+                  expect($stdout).to receive(:puts).with("INFO: Tagging version 1.2.3 of Bar as \"foo\"")
+                  subject
+                end
+
                 context "when there is no pb:publish-verification-results link" do
                   before do
                     pact_hash['_links'].delete('pb:publish-verification-results')