diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index 6a092d108..faa9e4556 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
     "user_creation_failed": "Could not create user {user}: {error}",
     "user_deleted": "User deleted",
     "user_deletion_failed": "Could not delete user {user}: {error}",
-    "user_home_creation_failed": "Could not create 'home' folder for user",
+    "user_home_creation_failed": "Could not create '{home}' folder for user",
     "user_unknown": "Unknown user: {user:s}",
     "user_update_failed": "Could not update user {user}: {error}",
     "user_updated": "User info changed",
diff --git a/src/yunohost/user.py b/src/yunohost/user.py
index 0bcce9cbc..0680af89d 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/user.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/user.py
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ def user_create(
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         if not os.path.isdir("/home/{0}".format(username)):
             logger.warning(m18n.n("user_home_creation_failed"), exc_info=1)
+        home = '/home/{0}'.format(username)
+        if not os.path.isdir(home):
+            logger.warning(m18n.n('user_home_creation_failed', home=home),
+                           exc_info=1)
 
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(
@@ -726,6 +730,20 @@ def user_import(operation_logger, csvfile, update=False, delete=False):
         'errors': 0
     }
 
+    def progress(info=""):
+        progress.nb += 1
+        width = 20
+        bar = int(progress.nb * width / total)
+        bar = "[" + "#" * bar + "." * (width - bar) + "]"
+        if info:
+            bar += " > " + info
+        if progress.old == bar:
+            return
+        progress.old = bar
+        logger.info(bar)
+    progress.nb = 0
+    progress.old = ""
+
     def on_failure(user, exception):
         result['errors'] += 1
         logger.error(user + ': ' + str(exception))
@@ -768,6 +786,7 @@ def user_import(operation_logger, csvfile, update=False, delete=False):
             result['deleted'] += 1
         except YunohostError as e:
             on_failure(user, e)
+        progress("Deletion")
 
     for user in actions['updated']:
         try:
@@ -775,6 +794,7 @@ def user_import(operation_logger, csvfile, update=False, delete=False):
             result['updated'] += 1
         except YunohostError as e:
             on_failure(user['username'], e)
+        progress("Update")
 
     for user in actions['created']:
         try:
@@ -786,6 +806,7 @@ def user_import(operation_logger, csvfile, update=False, delete=False):
             result['created'] += 1
         except YunohostError as e:
             on_failure(user['username'], e)
+        progress("Creation")