diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 449e4ae6..00f810dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Baseline Export now includes decomposed production items when production decomposition is enabled (#680)
 - Take Ownership option in source control menu allows you to take ownership of an item edited by another user (#926)
 - The "warnInstanceWideUncommitted" option can now be changed through the settings page (#936)
+- Added verbose option for BaselineExport
 
 ## Fixed
 - Fixed `<VALUE OUT OF RANGE>` error in GetTempFileAndRoutineTS when an OS-level error code was stored as a routine timestamp (#832)
diff --git a/cls/SourceControl/Git/API.cls b/cls/SourceControl/Git/API.cls
index 7b86a881..46216d6d 100644
--- a/cls/SourceControl/Git/API.cls
+++ b/cls/SourceControl/Git/API.cls
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ClassMethod Pull(pTerminateOnError As %Boolean = 0)
 
 /// Imports all items from the Git repository into IRIS.
 /// - pForce: if true, will import an item even if the last updated timestamp in IRIS is later than that of the file on disk.
-ClassMethod ImportAll(pForce As %Boolean = 0) as %Status
+ClassMethod ImportAll(pForce As %Boolean = 0) As %Status
 {
     return ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).ImportAll(pForce)
 }
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ ClassMethod Unlock()
 /// Run in terminal to baseline a namespace by adding all items to source control.
 /// - pCommitMessage: if defined, all changes in namespace context will be committed.
 /// - pPushToRemote: if defined, will run a git push to the specified remote
-ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "") As %Status
+/// - pVerbose: verbose output
+ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "", pVerbose = 0) As %Status
 {
-    quit ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).BaselineExport(pCommitMessage, pPushToRemote)
+    quit ##class(SourceControl.Git.Utils).BaselineExport(pCommitMessage, pPushToRemote, pVerbose)
 }
 
 ClassMethod MapEverywhere() As %Status
diff --git a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
index 7e015fcc..861850e5 100644
--- a/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
+++ b/cls/SourceControl/Git/Utils.cls
@@ -3138,7 +3138,7 @@ ClassMethod ResetSourceControlClass()
     do ##class(%Studio.SourceControl.Interface).SourceControlClassSet("")
 }
 
-ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "") As %Status
+ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "", pVerbose = 0) As %Status
 {
     set sc = $$$OK
     try {
@@ -3156,13 +3156,21 @@ ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "") As %Status
         while rs.%Next(.sc) {
             $$$ThrowOnError(sc)
             set internalName = rs.Name
-            continue:..IsSchemaStandard(internalName)
+            write:pVerbose !, "baselining item: ", internalName
+            if ..IsSchemaStandard(internalName) {
+                write:pVerbose !?5, "skipping standard schema"
+                continue
+            }
             // exclude items in a non-default IPM package
             set context = ##class(SourceControl.Git.PackageManagerContext).ForInternalName(internalName)
-            continue:($isobject(context.Package) && 'context.IsInDefaultPackage)
+            if ($isobject(context.Package) && 'context.IsInDefaultPackage) {
+                write:pVerbose !?5, "skipping item in non-default IPM package"
+                continue
+            }
             $$$ThrowOnError(..AddToSourceControl(internalName))
         }
         if settings.decomposeProductions && ##class(%Library.EnsembleMgr).IsEnsembleNamespace() {
+            write:pVerbose !, "baselining decomposed productions"
             do ##class(SourceControl.Git.Util.Production).BaselineProductions()
         }
         if pCommitMessage '= "" {
@@ -3182,6 +3190,7 @@ ClassMethod BaselineExport(pCommitMessage = "", pPushToRemote = "") As %Status
         }
     } catch err {
         set sc = err.AsStatus()
+        write:pVerbose !, "Error baselining items: ", err.DisplayString()
     }
     return sc
 }