diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
index 6e85ca22aaa8ab5578e2e8f303609f69be828b22..302d611c953dcbc330cdeb185f0d12b08d06f3a3 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-docker.yml
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ docker-hadolint:
   script:
     - autoconfig_hadolint
     - mkdir -p -m 777 reports
+    - log_info "Scanning ${DOCKER_FILE}..."
     - dockerfile_hash=$(echo "$DOCKER_FILE" | md5sum | cut -d" " -f1)
     # Output in Code Climate format (GitLab integration)
     - hadolint --no-fail -f gitlab_codeclimate $DOCKER_HADOLINT_ARGS $hadolint_config_opts "$DOCKER_FILE" > "reports/docker-hadolint-${dockerfile_hash}.codeclimate.json"
@@ -862,7 +863,9 @@ docker-healthcheck:
   variables:
     GIT_STRATEGY: none
   stage: package-test
-  script: |
+  script:
+  - log_info "Healthchecking ${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE}..."
+  - |
     # Test by internal health_check (Recommended way, more info https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#healthcheck)
     # This looks complicated but you normally don't have to touch this...
     function unexpected_error() {
@@ -928,7 +931,9 @@ docker-trivy:
   stage: package-test
   variables:
     TRIVY_CACHE_DIR: ".trivycache/"
-  script: |
+  script:
+  - log_info "Scanning vulnerabilities from ${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE}..."
+  - |
     # cache cleanup is needed when scanning images with the same tags, it does not remove the database
     trivy clean --scan-cache || trivy image --clear-cache
     export TRIVY_USERNAME=${DOCKER_REGISTRY_SNAPSHOT_USER:-${DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER:-$CI_REGISTRY_USER}}
@@ -976,6 +981,7 @@ docker-sbom:
     name: $DOCKER_SBOM_IMAGE
     entrypoint: [""]
   script:
+    - log_info "Extracting SBOM from ${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE}..."
     - mkdir -p -m 777 reports
     - basename=$(echo "${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE}" | sed 's|[/:]|_|g')
     - /syft scan ${TRACE+-vv} $DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE $DOCKER_SBOM_OPTS -o cyclonedx-json=reports/docker-sbom-${basename}.cyclonedx.json
@@ -1030,6 +1036,7 @@ docker-publish:
       fi
     - BUILDTOOL_HOME=${BUILDTOOL_HOME:-$HOME}
     # 1: push main image
+    - log_info "Copying ${DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE} to ${DOCKER_RELEASE_IMAGE}..."
     - skopeo copy --src-authfile "$BUILDTOOL_HOME/skopeo/.docker/src-config.json" --dest-authfile "$BUILDTOOL_HOME/skopeo/.docker/dest-config.json" ${DOCKER_PUBLISH_ARGS} "docker://$DOCKER_SNAPSHOT_IMAGE" "docker://$DOCKER_RELEASE_IMAGE"
     - |
       log_info "Well done your image is pushed and can be pulled with: docker pull $DOCKER_RELEASE_IMAGE"