diff --git a/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/.gitignore b/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65eef93d691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+db
diff --git a/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/local/download_data.sh b/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/local/download_data.sh
index 49de5b12372..c51effdd6fa 100755
--- a/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/local/download_data.sh
+++ b/egs/tedlium/s5_r3/local/download_data.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ else
     # the following command won't re-get it if it's already there
     # because of the --continue switch.
     wget --continue http://www.openslr.org/resources/51/TEDLIUM_release-3.tgz || exit 1
-    tar xf "TEDLIUM_release-3.tar.gz"
+    
+    echo "$0: extracting TEDLIUM_release-3 data"
+    tar xf "TEDLIUM_release-3.tgz"
   else
     echo "$0: not downloading or un-tarring TEDLIUM_release2 because it already exists."
   fi