diff --git a/adb/bugreport.cpp b/adb/bugreport.cpp
index 9ed44a709..c348dd541 100644
--- a/adb/bugreport.cpp
+++ b/adb/bugreport.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class BugreportStandardStreamsCallback : public StandardStreamsCallbackInterface
           show_progress_(show_progress),
           status_(0),
           line_() {
-        SetLineMessage();
+        SetLineMessage("generating");
     }
 
     void OnStdout(const char* buffer, int length) {
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ class BugreportStandardStreamsCallback : public StandardStreamsCallbackInterface
                                                           OS_PATH_SEPARATOR, dest_file_.c_str());
             }
             std::vector<const char*> srcs{src_file_.c_str()};
+            SetLineMessage("pulling");
             status_ =
                 br_->DoSyncPull(srcs, destination.c_str(), true, line_message_.c_str()) ? 0 : 1;
             if (status_ != 0) {
@@ -111,9 +112,8 @@ class BugreportStandardStreamsCallback : public StandardStreamsCallbackInterface
     }
 
   private:
-    void SetLineMessage() {
-        line_message_ =
-            android::base::StringPrintf("generating %s", adb_basename(dest_file_).c_str());
+    void SetLineMessage(const std::string& action) {
+        line_message_ = action + " " + adb_basename(dest_file_);
     }
 
     void SetSrcFile(const std::string path) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class BugreportStandardStreamsCallback : public StandardStreamsCallbackInterface
         if (!dest_dir_.empty()) {
             // Only uses device-provided name when user passed a directory.
             dest_file_ = adb_basename(path);
-            SetLineMessage();
+            SetLineMessage("generating");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/adb/bugreport_test.cpp b/adb/bugreport_test.cpp
index 3cd2b6d4f..112928523 100644
--- a/adb/bugreport_test.cpp
+++ b/adb/bugreport_test.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, NoArgumentsNDevice) {
         .WillOnce(DoAll(WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/da_bugreport.zip")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/da_bugreport.zip")), StrEq(dest_file),
-                                true, StrEq("generating da_bugreport.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling da_bugreport.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport"};
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, NoArgumentsPostNDevice) {
                         WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/da_bugreport.zip\n")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/da_bugreport.zip")), StrEq(dest_file),
-                                true, StrEq("generating da_bugreport.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling da_bugreport.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport"};
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkNDevice) {
         .WillOnce(DoAll(WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/bugreport.zip")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/bugreport.zip")), StrEq("file.zip"),
-                                true, StrEq("generating file.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling file.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", "file.zip"};
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkNDeviceSplitBuffer) {
                         WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("/bugreport.zip")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/bugreport.zip")), StrEq("file.zip"),
-                                true, StrEq("generating file.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling file.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", "file.zip"};
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkProgress) {
             WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     // clang-format on
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/bugreport.zip")), StrEq("file.zip"),
-                                true, StrEq("generating file.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling file.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", "file.zip"};
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkDirectory) {
                         WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/da_bugreport.zip")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/da_bugreport.zip")), StrEq(dest_file),
-                                true, StrEq("generating da_bugreport.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling da_bugreport.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", td.path};
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkNoExtension) {
         .WillOnce(DoAll(WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/bugreport.zip\n")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/bugreport.zip")), StrEq("file.zip"),
-                                true, StrEq("generating file.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling file.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", "file"};
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ TEST_F(BugreportTest, OkNDeviceDirectory) {
                         WithArg<4>(WriteOnStdout("OK:/device/da_bugreport.zip")),
                         WithArg<4>(ReturnCallbackDone())));
     EXPECT_CALL(br_, DoSyncPull(ElementsAre(StrEq("/device/da_bugreport.zip")), StrEq(dest_file),
-                                true, StrEq("generating da_bugreport.zip")))
+                                true, StrEq("pulling da_bugreport.zip")))
         .WillOnce(Return(true));
 
     const char* args[] = {"bugreport", td.path};