diff --git a/plugins/test/specs/verboseOutput.js b/plugins/test/specs/verboseOutput.js
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+/**
+ * @author Rob Taylor [manix84@gmail.com]
+ */
+
+describe("verbose output plugin", function () {
+    var parser = new (require("jsdoc/src/parser")).Parser(),
+        plugin = require('plugins/verboseOutput'),
+        docSet;
+
+    installPlugins(['plugins/verboseOutput'], parser);
+    docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile("plugins/verboseOutput.js", parser);
+
+    it("should log file names to console", function() {
+        var fileBegin = docSet.getByLongname("module:plugins/verboseOutput.handlers.fileBegin");
+        expect(fileBegin[0].description).toEqual("Logging the file name to the console.");
+    });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/verboseOutput.js b/plugins/verboseOutput.js
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+/**
+ * Adds a verbose output to the console, so that you can see what's happening in your process.
+ * @module plugins/verboseOutput
+ * @author Rob Taylor <manix84@gmail.com> - The basic idea
+ * @author Michael Mathews <micmath@gmail.com> - Wrote the first itteration with me :)
+ */
+
+exports.handlers = {
+    /**
+     * Logging the file name to the console.
+     */
+    fileBegin: function (data) {
+        console.log(data.filename);
+    }
+};