--- www/tomcat6/files/tomcat6.sh.in.orig	2010-10-25 08:50:37.000000000 +0000
+++ www/tomcat6/files/tomcat6.sh.in	2010-10-25 09:28:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -145,14 +145,21 @@
 		echo "${name} not running? (check $pidfile)."
 		return 1
 	fi
+	echo "${name} is running as pid ${rc_pid}."
 }
 
 tomcat_poll() {
+	_prefix=
 	while (true) ; do
 		rc_pid=$(tomcat_check_pidfile $pidfile)
 		[ -z "$rc_pid" ] && break
+		echo -n ${_prefix:-"Waiting for PIDS: "}$rc_pid
+		_prefix=", "
 		sleep 2
 	done
+	if [ -n "$_prefix" ]; then
+		echo "."
+	fi
 }
 
 tomcat_check_pidfile() {