diff --git a/ledger/src/blocktree.rs b/ledger/src/blocktree.rs
index 46baa46fd2..d833838305 100644
--- a/ledger/src/blocktree.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/blocktree.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ impl Blocktree {
         adjust_ulimit_nofile();
 
         // Open the database
+        let measure = Measure::start("open");
         let db = Database::open(&blocktree_path)?;
 
         // Create the metadata column family
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ impl Blocktree {
             .unwrap_or(0);
         let last_root = Arc::new(RwLock::new(max_root));
 
+        info!("{:?} {}", blocktree_path, measure);
         Ok(Blocktree {
             db,
             meta_cf,
diff --git a/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs b/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
index 222283f23d..fa09d108db 100644
--- a/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/snapshot_utils.rs
@@ -170,13 +170,14 @@ pub fn add_snapshot<P: AsRef<Path>>(snapshot_path: P, bank: &Bank) -> Result<()>
     let mut snapshot_stream = BufWriter::new(snapshot_file);
     // Create the snapshot
     serialize_into(&mut snapshot_stream, &*bank)?;
-    let mut bank_rc_serialize = Measure::start("bank_rc_serialize-ms");
+    let mut bank_rc_serialize = Measure::start("create snapshot");
     serialize_into(&mut snapshot_stream, &bank.rc)?;
     bank_rc_serialize.stop();
     inc_new_counter_info!("bank-rc-serialize-ms", bank_rc_serialize.as_ms() as usize);
 
     info!(
-        "successfully created snapshot {}, path: {:?}",
+        "{} for slot {} at {:?}",
+        bank_rc_serialize,
         bank.slot(),
         snapshot_file_path,
     );
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ pub fn bank_from_archive<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     let unpack_dir = tempfile::tempdir_in(snapshot_path)?;
     untar_snapshot_in(&snapshot_tar, &unpack_dir)?;
 
+    let mut measure = Measure::start("bank rebuild from snapshot");
     let unpacked_accounts_dir = unpack_dir.as_ref().join(TAR_ACCOUNTS_DIR);
     let unpacked_snapshots_dir = unpack_dir.as_ref().join(TAR_SNAPSHOTS_DIR);
     let bank = rebuild_bank_from_snapshots(
@@ -225,6 +227,8 @@ pub fn bank_from_archive<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     if !bank.verify_snapshot_bank() {
         panic!("Snapshot bank failed to verify");
     }
+    measure.stop();
+    info!("{}", measure);
 
     // Move the unpacked snapshots into `snapshot_path`
     let dir_files = fs::read_dir(&unpacked_snapshots_dir).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
@@ -251,10 +255,13 @@ pub fn untar_snapshot_in<P: AsRef<Path>, Q: AsRef<Path>>(
     snapshot_tar: P,
     unpack_dir: Q,
 ) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut measure = Measure::start("snapshot untar");
     let tar_bz2 = File::open(snapshot_tar)?;
     let tar = BzDecoder::new(BufReader::new(tar_bz2));
     let mut archive = Archive::new(tar);
     archive.unpack(&unpack_dir)?;
+    measure.stop();
+    info!("{}", measure);
     Ok(())
 }