diff --git a/commands/command_checkout.go b/commands/command_checkout.go
index 32b368d1..122f2460 100644
--- a/commands/command_checkout.go
+++ b/commands/command_checkout.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func checkoutCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	var pointers []*lfs.WrappedPointer
 	logger := tasklog.NewLogger(os.Stdout)
 	meter := tq.NewMeter()
+	meter.Direction = tq.Checkout
 	meter.Logger = meter.LoggerFromEnv(cfg.Os)
 	logger.Enqueue(meter)
 	chgitscanner := lfs.NewGitScanner(func(p *lfs.WrappedPointer, err error) {
diff --git a/test/test-checkout.sh b/test/test-checkout.sh
index ef0ee6ae..cd2633c8 100755
--- a/test/test-checkout.sh
+++ b/test/test-checkout.sh
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ begin_test "checkout"
   rm -rf file1.dat file2.dat file3.dat folder1/nested.dat folder2/nested.dat
 
   echo "checkout should replace all"
-  git lfs checkout
+  git lfs checkout 2>&1 | tee checkout.log
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat file1.dat)" ]
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat file2.dat)" ]
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat file3.dat)" ]
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat folder1/nested.dat)" ]
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat folder2/nested.dat)" ]
+  grep "Checking out LFS objects: 100% (5/5), 95 B" checkout.log
 
   # Remove the working directory
   rm -rf file1.dat file2.dat file3.dat folder1/nested.dat folder2/nested.dat
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ begin_test "checkout"
   [ ! -f ../folder2/nested.dat ]
   # test '.' in current dir
   rm nested.dat
-  git lfs checkout .
+  git lfs checkout . 2>&1 | tee checkout.log
   [ "$contents" = "$(cat nested.dat)" ]
   popd
 
diff --git a/tq/meter.go b/tq/meter.go
index a42a2cbb..36a6ae2d 100644
--- a/tq/meter.go
+++ b/tq/meter.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -231,12 +230,10 @@ func (m *Meter) skipUpdate() bool {
 
 func (m *Meter) str() string {
 	// (Uploading|Downloading) LFS objects: 100% (10/10) 100 MiB | 10 MiB/s
-
-	direction := strings.Title(m.Direction.String()) + "ing"
 	percentage := 100 * float64(m.finishedFiles) / float64(m.estimatedFiles)
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s LFS objects: %3.f%% (%d/%d), %s | %s",
-		direction,
+		m.Direction.Verb(),
 		percentage,
 		m.finishedFiles, m.estimatedFiles,
 		humanize.FormatBytes(clamp(m.currentBytes)),
diff --git a/tq/transfer.go b/tq/transfer.go
index b6a31ecc..60484e74 100644
--- a/tq/transfer.go
+++ b/tq/transfer.go
@@ -16,10 +16,27 @@ type Direction int
 const (
 	Upload   = Direction(iota)
 	Download = Direction(iota)
+	Checkout = Direction(iota)
 )
 
+// Verb returns a string containing the verb form of the receiving action.
+func (d Direction) Verb() string {
+	switch d {
+	case Checkout:
+		return "Checking out"
+	case Download:
+		return "Downloading"
+	case Upload:
+		return "Uploading"
+	default:
+		return "<unknown>"
+	}
+}
+
 func (d Direction) String() string {
 	switch d {
+	case Checkout:
+		return "checkout"
 	case Download:
 		return "download"
 	case Upload: