diff --git a/dumpling/cmd/dumpling/main.go b/dumpling/cmd/dumpling/main.go
index b5dcd50b..fb045a2e 100644
--- a/dumpling/cmd/dumpling/main.go
+++ b/dumpling/cmd/dumpling/main.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Printf("\nparse arguments failed: %+v\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	if pflag.NArg() > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("\nmeet some unparsed arguments, please check again: %+v\n", pflag.Args())
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	registry := prometheus.NewRegistry()
 	registry.MustRegister(prometheus.NewProcessCollector(prometheus.ProcessCollectorOpts{}))
diff --git a/dumpling/go.mod b/dumpling/go.mod
index 481e33d0..50adfca1 100644
--- a/dumpling/go.mod
+++ b/dumpling/go.mod
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pingcap/log v0.0.0-20200828042413-fce0951f1463
 	github.com/pingcap/tidb-tools v4.0.8-0.20200927084250-e47e0e12c7f3+incompatible
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.5.1
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.2.0
 	github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.4
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/tikv/pd v1.1.0-beta.0.20200910042021-254d1345be09
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/block_allow_list.go b/dumpling/v4/export/block_allow_list.go
index dbc33182..70b9f5cb 100644
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/block_allow_list.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/block_allow_list.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func filterTables(conf *Config) {
 	}
 
 	if len(ignoredDBTable) > 0 {
-		log.Debug("ignore table", zap.String("", ignoredDBTable.Literal()))
+		log.Debug("ignore table", zap.String("tables", ignoredDBTable.Literal()))
 	}
 
 	conf.Tables = dbTables
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/config.go b/dumpling/v4/export/config.go
index 4cbcab21..cb551f10 100644
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/config.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/config.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 func (conf *Config) String() string {
 	cfg, err := json.Marshal(conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Error("marshal config to json", zap.Error(err))
+		log.Error("fail to marshal config to json", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 	return string(cfg)
 }
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/dump.go b/dumpling/v4/export/dump.go
index 832027f2..2cac5ce1 100755
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/dump.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/dump.go
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ func (d *Dumper) Dump() (dumpErr error) {
 	summary.SetUnit(summary.BackupUnit)
 	defer summary.Summary(summary.BackupUnit)
 
+	logProgressCtx, logProgressCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	go d.runLogProgress(logProgressCtx)
+	defer logProgressCancel()
+
 	tableDataStartTime := time.Now()
 	if conf.SQL == "" {
 		if err = d.dumpDatabases(metaConn, taskChan); err != nil {
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) startWriters(ctx context.Context, wg *errgroup.Group, taskChan
 		writer.rebuildConnFn = rebuildConnFn
 		writer.setFinishTableCallBack(func(task Task) {
 			if td, ok := task.(*TaskTableData); ok {
+				finishedTablesCounter.With(conf.Labels).Inc()
 				log.Debug("finished dumping table data",
 					zap.String("database", td.Meta.DatabaseName()),
 					zap.String("table", td.Meta.TableName()))
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) dumpDatabases(metaConn *sql.Conn, taskChan chan<- Task) error {
 		d.sendTaskToChan(task, taskChan)
 
 		for _, table := range tables {
-			log.Debug("start dumping table...",
+			log.Debug("start dumping table...", zap.String("database", dbName),
 				zap.String("table", table.Name))
 			meta, err := dumpTableMeta(conf, metaConn, dbName, table)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -321,7 +326,8 @@ func (d *Dumper) concurrentDumpTable(conn *sql.Conn, meta TableMeta, taskChan ch
 	}
 	if field == "" {
 		// skip split chunk logic if not found proper field
-		log.Debug("fallback to sequential dump due to no proper field", zap.String("field", field))
+		log.Warn("fallback to sequential dump due to no proper field",
+			zap.String("database", db), zap.String("table", tbl))
 		return d.sequentialDumpTable(conn, meta, taskChan)
 	}
 
@@ -334,13 +340,17 @@ func (d *Dumper) concurrentDumpTable(conn *sql.Conn, meta TableMeta, taskChan ch
 		zap.String("upper", max.String()))
 
 	count := estimateCount(db, tbl, conn, field, conf)
-	log.Info("get estimated rows count", zap.Uint64("estimateCount", count))
+	log.Info("get estimated rows count",
+		zap.String("database", db),
+		zap.String("table", tbl),
+		zap.Uint64("estimateCount", count))
 	if count < conf.Rows {
 		// skip chunk logic if estimates are low
-		log.Debug("skip concurrent dump due to estimate count < rows",
+		log.Warn("skip concurrent dump due to estimate count < rows",
 			zap.Uint64("estimate count", count),
 			zap.Uint64("conf.rows", conf.Rows),
-		)
+			zap.String("database", db),
+			zap.String("table", tbl))
 		return d.sequentialDumpTable(conn, meta, taskChan)
 	}
 
@@ -416,7 +426,7 @@ func (d *Dumper) selectMinAndMaxIntValue(conn *sql.Conn, db, tbl, field string)
 	}
 	if !smax.Valid || !smin.Valid {
 		// found no data
-		log.Warn("no data to dump", zap.String("schema", db), zap.String("table", tbl))
+		log.Warn("no data to dump", zap.String("database", db), zap.String("table", tbl))
 		return zero, zero, nil
 	}
 
@@ -634,7 +644,7 @@ func startHTTPService(d *Dumper) error {
 		go func() {
 			err := startDumplingService(conf.StatusAddr)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Error("dumpling stops to serving service", zap.Error(err))
+				log.Warn("meet error when stopping dumpling http service", zap.Error(err))
 			}
 		}()
 	}
@@ -696,7 +706,7 @@ func tidbSetPDClientForGC(d *Dumper) error {
 	if len(pdAddrs) > 0 {
 		doPdGC, err := checkSameCluster(ctx, pool, pdAddrs)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Warn("meet error while check whether fetched pd addr and TiDB belongs to one cluster", zap.Error(err), zap.Strings("pdAddrs", pdAddrs))
+			log.Warn("meet error while check whether fetched pd addr and TiDB belong to one cluster", zap.Error(err), zap.Strings("pdAddrs", pdAddrs))
 		} else if doPdGC {
 			pdClient, err := pd.NewClientWithContext(ctx, pdAddrs, pd.SecurityOption{})
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/http_handler.go b/dumpling/v4/export/http_handler.go
index 98f79b48..092c6243 100644
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/http_handler.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/http_handler.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func startHTTPServer(lis net.Listener) {
 	err := httpServer.Serve(lis)
 	err = errors.Cause(err)
 	if err != nil && !isErrNetClosing(err) && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
-		log.Error("http server return with error", zap.Error(err))
+		log.Warn("http server return with error", zap.Error(err))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/metrics.go b/dumpling/v4/export/metrics.go
index 0a97c514..1d0ed381 100644
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/metrics.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/metrics.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 package export
 
 import (
+	"math"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -21,6 +24,13 @@ var (
 			Name:      "finished_rows",
 			Help:      "counter for dumpling finished rows",
 		}, []string{})
+	finishedTablesCounter = prometheus.NewCounterVec(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "dumpling",
+			Subsystem: "dump",
+			Name:      "finished_tables",
+			Help:      "counter for dumpling finished tables",
+		}, []string{})
 	writeTimeHistogram = prometheus.NewHistogramVec(
 		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
 			Namespace: "dumpling",
@@ -57,6 +67,7 @@ var (
 func RegisterMetrics(registry *prometheus.Registry) {
 	registry.MustRegister(finishedSizeCounter)
 	registry.MustRegister(finishedRowsCounter)
+	registry.MustRegister(finishedTablesCounter)
 	registry.MustRegister(writeTimeHistogram)
 	registry.MustRegister(receiveWriteChunkTimeHistogram)
 	registry.MustRegister(errorCount)
@@ -67,8 +78,18 @@ func RegisterMetrics(registry *prometheus.Registry) {
 func RemoveLabelValuesWithTaskInMetrics(labels prometheus.Labels) {
 	finishedSizeCounter.Delete(labels)
 	finishedRowsCounter.Delete(labels)
+	finishedTablesCounter.Delete(labels)
 	writeTimeHistogram.Delete(labels)
 	receiveWriteChunkTimeHistogram.Delete(labels)
 	errorCount.Delete(labels)
 	taskChannelCapacity.Delete(labels)
 }
+
+// ReadCounter reports the current value of the counter.
+func ReadCounter(counter prometheus.Counter) float64 {
+	var metric dto.Metric
+	if err := counter.Write(&metric); err != nil {
+		return math.NaN()
+	}
+	return metric.Counter.GetValue()
+}
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/status.go b/dumpling/v4/export/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c8ad544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2020 PingCAP, Inc. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
+
+package export
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/pingcap/dumpling/v4/log"
+)
+
+const logProgressTick = 2 * time.Minute
+
+func (d *Dumper) runLogProgress(ctx context.Context) {
+	conf := d.conf
+	totalTables := float64(calculateTableCount(conf.Tables))
+	logProgressTicker := time.NewTicker(logProgressTick)
+	lastCheckpoint := time.Now()
+	lastBytes := float64(0)
+	defer logProgressTicker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			log.Debug("stopping log progress")
+			return
+		case <-logProgressTicker.C:
+			nanoseconds := float64(time.Since(lastCheckpoint).Nanoseconds())
+
+			completedTables := ReadCounter(finishedTablesCounter.With(conf.Labels))
+			finishedBytes := ReadCounter(finishedSizeCounter.With(conf.Labels))
+			finishedRows := ReadCounter(finishedRowsCounter.With(conf.Labels))
+
+			log.Info("progress",
+				zap.String("tables", fmt.Sprintf("%.0f/%.0f (%.1f%%)", completedTables, totalTables, completedTables/totalTables*100)),
+				zap.String("finished rows", fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", finishedRows)),
+				zap.String("finished size", units.HumanSize(finishedBytes)),
+				zap.Float64("average speed(MiB/s)", (finishedBytes-lastBytes)/(1048576e-9*nanoseconds)),
+			)
+
+			lastCheckpoint = time.Now()
+			lastBytes = finishedBytes
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func calculateTableCount(m DatabaseTables) int {
+	cnt := 0
+	for _, tables := range m {
+		for _, table := range tables {
+			if table.Type == TableTypeBase {
+				cnt++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return cnt
+}
diff --git a/dumpling/v4/export/writer_util.go b/dumpling/v4/export/writer_util.go
index 865443fa..e0ee693a 100755
--- a/dumpling/v4/export/writer_util.go
+++ b/dumpling/v4/export/writer_util.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func WriteInsert(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR TableD
 		row                   = MakeRowReceiver(meta.ColumnTypes())
 		counter               uint64
 		lastCounter           uint64
-		escapeBackSlash       = cfg.EscapeBackslash
+		escapeBackslash       = cfg.EscapeBackslash
 		err                   error
 	)
 
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ func WriteInsert(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR TableD
 			lastBfSize := bf.Len()
 			if selectedField != "" {
 				if err = fileRowIter.Decode(row); err != nil {
-					log.Error("scanning from sql.Row failed", zap.Error(err))
+					log.Error("fail to scan from sql.Row", zap.Error(err))
 					return errors.Trace(err)
 				}
-				row.WriteToBuffer(bf, escapeBackSlash)
+				row.WriteToBuffer(bf, escapeBackslash)
 			} else {
 				bf.WriteString("()")
 			}
@@ -243,9 +243,10 @@ func WriteInsert(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR TableD
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	log.Debug("dumping table",
+	log.Debug("finish dumping table(chunk)",
+		zap.String("database", meta.DatabaseName()),
 		zap.String("table", meta.TableName()),
-		zap.Uint64("record counts", counter))
+		zap.Uint64("total rows", counter))
 	if bf.Len() > 0 {
 		wp.input <- bf
 	}
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ func WriteInsertInCsv(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR T
 		row             = MakeRowReceiver(meta.ColumnTypes())
 		counter         uint64
 		lastCounter     uint64
-		escapeBackSlash = cfg.EscapeBackslash
+		escapeBackslash = cfg.EscapeBackslash
 		selectedFields  = meta.SelectedField()
 		err             error
 	)
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ func WriteInsertInCsv(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR T
 	if !cfg.NoHeader && len(meta.ColumnNames()) != 0 && selectedFields != "" {
 		for i, col := range meta.ColumnNames() {
 			bf.Write(opt.delimiter)
-			escapeCSV([]byte(col), bf, escapeBackSlash, opt)
+			escapeCSV([]byte(col), bf, escapeBackslash, opt)
 			bf.Write(opt.delimiter)
 			if i != len(meta.ColumnTypes())-1 {
 				bf.Write(opt.separator)
@@ -317,10 +318,10 @@ func WriteInsertInCsv(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR T
 		lastBfSize := bf.Len()
 		if selectedFields != "" {
 			if err = fileRowIter.Decode(row); err != nil {
-				log.Error("scanning from sql.Row failed", zap.Error(err))
+				log.Error("fail to scan from sql.Row", zap.Error(err))
 				return errors.Trace(err)
 			}
-			row.WriteToBufferInCsv(bf, escapeBackSlash, opt)
+			row.WriteToBufferInCsv(bf, escapeBackslash, opt)
 		}
 		counter++
 		wp.currentFileSize += uint64(bf.Len()-lastBfSize) + 1 // 1 is for "\n"
@@ -348,9 +349,10 @@ func WriteInsertInCsv(pCtx context.Context, cfg *Config, meta TableMeta, tblIR T
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.Debug("dumping table",
+	log.Debug("finish dumping table(chunk)",
+		zap.String("database", meta.DatabaseName()),
 		zap.String("table", meta.TableName()),
-		zap.Uint64("record counts", counter))
+		zap.Uint64("total rows", counter))
 	if bf.Len() > 0 {
 		wp.input <- bf
 	}