diff --git a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
index 9a0825ac91..8fc3aaf3a4 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/mesh/generation/snappyHexMesh/snappyHexMesh.C
@@ -363,6 +363,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     if (wantRefine)
     {
+        cpuTime timer;
+
         autoRefineDriver refineDriver
         (
             meshRefiner,
@@ -387,10 +389,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             meshRefiner,
             debug
         );
+
+        Info<< "Mesh refined in = "
+            << timer.cpuTimeIncrement() << " s." << endl;
     }
 
     if (wantSnap)
     {
+        cpuTime timer;
+
         autoSnapDriver snapDriver
         (
             meshRefiner,
@@ -413,10 +420,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             meshRefiner,
             debug
         );
+
+        Info<< "Mesh snapped in = "
+            << timer.cpuTimeIncrement() << " s." << endl;
     }
 
     if (wantLayers)
     {
+        cpuTime timer;
+
         autoLayerDriver layerDriver(meshRefiner);
 
         // Layer addition parameters
@@ -442,6 +454,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             meshRefiner,
             debug
         );
+
+        Info<< "Layers added in = "
+            << timer.cpuTimeIncrement() << " s." << endl;
     }