diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/libs/nnet3/train/frame_level_objf/common.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/libs/nnet3/train/frame_level_objf/common.py
index c18003a626e..35bfa380fea 100644
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/libs/nnet3/train/frame_level_objf/common.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/libs/nnet3/train/frame_level_objf/common.py
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ def train_one_iteration(dir, iter, srand, egs_dir,
 
     # Set off jobs doing some diagnostics, in the background.
     # Use the egs dir from the previous iteration for the diagnostics
-    logger.info("Training neural net (pass {0})".format(iter))
 
     # check if different iterations use the same random seed
     if os.path.exists('{0}/srand'.format(dir)):
@@ -257,15 +256,6 @@ def train_one_iteration(dir, iter, srand, egs_dir,
         cur_minibatch_size_str = common_train_lib.halve_minibatch_size_str(minibatch_size_str)
         cur_max_param_change = float(max_param_change) / math.sqrt(2)
 
-    shrink_info_str = ''
-    if shrinkage_value != 1.0:
-        shrink_info_str = ' and shrink value is {0}'.format(shrinkage_value)
-
-    logger.info("On iteration {0}, learning rate is {1}"
-                "{shrink_info}.".format(
-                    iter, learning_rate,
-                    shrink_info=shrink_info_str))
-
     train_new_models(dir=dir, iter=iter, srand=srand, num_jobs=num_jobs,
                      num_archives_processed=num_archives_processed,
                      num_archives=num_archives,
diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_dnn.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_dnn.py
index dd1c97b350d..20c0f43eb90 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_dnn.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_dnn.py
@@ -324,6 +324,19 @@ def train(args, run_opts):
                                 "shrink-value={1}".format(args.proportional_shrink,
                                                           shrinkage_value))
 
+            percent = num_archives_processed * 100.0 / num_archives_to_process
+            epoch = (num_archives_processed * args.num_epochs
+                     / num_archives_to_process)
+            shrink_info_str = ''
+            if shrinkage_value != 1.0:
+                shrink_info_str = 'shrink: {0:0.5f}'.format(shrinkage_value)
+            logger.info("Iter: {0}/{1}    "
+                        "Epoch: {2:0.2f}/{3:0.1f} ({4:0.1f}% complete)    "
+                        "lr: {5:0.6f}    {6}".format(iter, num_iters - 1,
+                                                     epoch, args.num_epochs,
+                                                     percent,
+                                                     lrate, shrink_info_str))
+
             train_lib.common.train_one_iteration(
                 dir=args.dir,
                 iter=iter,
diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_dnn.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_dnn.py
index 0e787b0b647..2c61bfc1584 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_dnn.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_dnn.py
@@ -347,6 +347,19 @@ def train(args, run_opts):
                                 "shrink-value={1}".format(args.proportional_shrink,
                                                           shrinkage_value))
 
+            percent = num_archives_processed * 100.0 / num_archives_to_process
+            epoch = (num_archives_processed * args.num_epochs
+                     / num_archives_to_process)
+            shrink_info_str = ''
+            if shrinkage_value != 1.0:
+                shrink_info_str = 'shrink: {0:0.5f}'.format(shrinkage_value)
+            logger.info("Iter: {0}/{1}    "
+                        "Epoch: {2:0.2f}/{3:0.1f} ({4:0.1f}% complete)    "
+                        "lr: {5:0.6f}    {6}".format(iter, num_iters - 1,
+                                                     epoch, args.num_epochs,
+                                                     percent,
+                                                     lrate, shrink_info_str))
+
             train_lib.common.train_one_iteration(
                 dir=args.dir,
                 iter=iter,
diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_rnn.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_rnn.py
index bd94fb7cb94..313e6e0e19a 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_rnn.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_raw_rnn.py
@@ -423,6 +423,19 @@ def train(args, run_opts):
                                            get_raw_nnet_from_am=False)
                                    else shrinkage_value)
 
+            percent = num_archives_processed * 100.0 / num_archives_to_process
+            epoch = (num_archives_processed * args.num_epochs
+                     / num_archives_to_process)
+            shrink_info_str = ''
+            if shrinkage_value != 1.0:
+                shrink_info_str = 'shrink: {0:0.5f}'.format(shrinkage_value)
+            logger.info("Iter: {0}/{1}    "
+                        "Epoch: {2:0.2f}/{3:0.1f} ({4:0.1f}% complete)    "
+                        "lr: {5:0.6f}    {6}".format(iter, num_iters - 1,
+                                                     epoch, args.num_epochs,
+                                                     percent,
+                                                     lrate, shrink_info_str))
+
             train_lib.common.train_one_iteration(
                 dir=args.dir,
                 iter=iter,
diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_rnn.py b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_rnn.py
index 83a1da8eca1..51a7cb0cd6c 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_rnn.py
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/steps/nnet3/train_rnn.py
@@ -405,6 +405,19 @@ def train(args, run_opts):
                                            iter, model_file,
                                            args.shrink_saturation_threshold) else 1.0)
 
+            percent = num_archives_processed * 100.0 / num_archives_to_process
+            epoch = (num_archives_processed * args.num_epochs
+                     / num_archives_to_process)
+            shrink_info_str = ''
+            if shrinkage_value != 1.0:
+                shrink_info_str = 'shrink: {0:0.5f}'.format(shrinkage_value)
+            logger.info("Iter: {0}/{1}    "
+                        "Epoch: {2:0.2f}/{3:0.1f} ({4:0.1f}% complete)    "
+                        "lr: {5:0.6f}    {6}".format(iter, num_iters - 1,
+                                                     epoch, args.num_epochs,
+                                                     percent,
+                                                     lrate, shrink_info_str))
+
             train_lib.common.train_one_iteration(
                 dir=args.dir,
                 iter=iter,