diff --git a/include/sys/spa.h b/include/sys/spa.h
index cef7933df44..08099cd4fa2 100644
--- a/include/sys/spa.h
+++ b/include/sys/spa.h
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ extern int spa_import_progress_set_max_txg(uint64_t pool_guid,
     uint64_t max_txg);
 extern int spa_import_progress_set_state(uint64_t pool_guid,
     spa_load_state_t spa_load_state);
+extern void spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa_t *spa,
+    const char *fmt, ...) __printflike(2, 3);
+extern void spa_import_progress_set_notes_nolog(spa_t *spa,
+    const char *fmt, ...) __printflike(2, 3);
 
 /* Pool configuration locks */
 extern int spa_config_tryenter(spa_t *spa, int locks, const void *tag,
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index c6bcfe99e14..2e5104df1bc 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -3111,6 +3111,7 @@ spa_load(spa_t *spa, spa_load_state_t state, spa_import_type_t type)
 	spa->spa_load_state = state;
 	(void) spa_import_progress_set_state(spa_guid(spa),
 	    spa_load_state(spa));
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "spa_load()");
 
 	gethrestime(&spa->spa_loaded_ts);
 	error = spa_load_impl(spa, type, &ereport);
@@ -3339,7 +3340,7 @@ spa_activity_check(spa_t *spa, uberblock_t *ub, nvlist_t *config)
 	uint64_t mmp_config = ub->ub_mmp_config;
 	uint16_t mmp_seq = MMP_SEQ_VALID(ub) ? MMP_SEQ(ub) : 0;
 	uint64_t import_delay;
-	hrtime_t import_expire;
+	hrtime_t import_expire, now;
 	nvlist_t *mmp_label = NULL;
 	vdev_t *rvd = spa->spa_root_vdev;
 	kcondvar_t cv;
@@ -3377,7 +3378,17 @@ spa_activity_check(spa_t *spa, uberblock_t *ub, nvlist_t *config)
 
 	import_expire = gethrtime() + import_delay;
 
-	while (gethrtime() < import_expire) {
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Checking MMP activity, waiting "
+	    "%llu ms", (u_longlong_t)NSEC2MSEC(import_delay));
+
+	int interations = 0;
+	while ((now = gethrtime()) < import_expire) {
+		if (interations++ % 30 == 0) {
+			spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Checking MMP "
+			    "activity, %llu ms remaining",
+			    (u_longlong_t)NSEC2MSEC(import_expire - now));
+		}
+
 		(void) spa_import_progress_set_mmp_check(spa_guid(spa),
 		    NSEC2SEC(import_expire - gethrtime()));
 
@@ -4997,6 +5008,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	/*
 	 * Retrieve the checkpoint txg if the pool has a checkpoint.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading checkpoint txg");
 	error = spa_ld_read_checkpoint_txg(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5009,6 +5021,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * initiated. Otherwise we could be reading from indirect vdevs before
 	 * we have loaded their mappings.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading indirect vdev metadata");
 	error = spa_ld_open_indirect_vdev_metadata(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5017,6 +5030,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * Retrieve the full list of active features from the MOS and check if
 	 * they are all supported.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Checking feature flags");
 	error = spa_ld_check_features(spa, &missing_feat_write);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5025,6 +5039,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * Load several special directories from the MOS needed by the dsl_pool
 	 * layer.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading special MOS directories");
 	error = spa_ld_load_special_directories(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5032,6 +5047,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	/*
 	 * Retrieve pool properties from the MOS.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading properties");
 	error = spa_ld_get_props(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5040,6 +5056,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * Retrieve the list of auxiliary devices - cache devices and spares -
 	 * and open them.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading AUX vdevs");
 	error = spa_ld_open_aux_vdevs(spa, type);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5048,14 +5065,17 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * Load the metadata for all vdevs. Also check if unopenable devices
 	 * should be autoreplaced.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading vdev metadata");
 	error = spa_ld_load_vdev_metadata(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
 
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading dedup tables");
 	error = spa_ld_load_dedup_tables(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
 
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Loading BRT");
 	error = spa_ld_load_brt(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5064,6 +5084,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * Verify the logs now to make sure we don't have any unexpected errors
 	 * when we claim log blocks later.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Verifying Log Devices");
 	error = spa_ld_verify_logs(spa, type, ereport);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5085,6 +5106,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * state. When performing an extreme rewind, we verify the whole pool,
 	 * which can take a very long time.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Verifying pool data");
 	error = spa_ld_verify_pool_data(spa);
 	if (error != 0)
 		return (error);
@@ -5094,6 +5116,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * we write anything to the pool because we'd need to update the space
 	 * accounting using the deflated sizes.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Calculating deflated space");
 	spa_update_dspace(spa);
 
 	/*
@@ -5101,6 +5124,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 	 * pool. If we are importing the pool in read-write mode, a few
 	 * additional steps must be performed to finish the import.
 	 */
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Starting import");
 	if (spa_writeable(spa) && (spa->spa_load_state == SPA_LOAD_RECOVER ||
 	    spa->spa_load_max_txg == UINT64_MAX)) {
 		uint64_t config_cache_txg = spa->spa_config_txg;
@@ -5124,6 +5148,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 			    (u_longlong_t)spa->spa_uberblock.ub_checkpoint_txg);
 		}
 
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Claiming ZIL blocks");
 		/*
 		 * Traverse the ZIL and claim all blocks.
 		 */
@@ -5143,6 +5168,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 		 * will have been set for us by ZIL traversal operations
 		 * performed above.
 		 */
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Syncing ZIL claims");
 		txg_wait_synced(spa->spa_dsl_pool, spa->spa_claim_max_txg);
 
 		/*
@@ -5150,6 +5176,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 		 * next sync, we would update the config stored in vdev labels
 		 * and the cachefile (by default /etc/zfs/zpool.cache).
 		 */
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Updating configs");
 		spa_ld_check_for_config_update(spa, config_cache_txg,
 		    update_config_cache);
 
@@ -5158,6 +5185,7 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 		 * Then check all DTLs to see if anything needs resilvering.
 		 * The resilver will be deferred if a rebuild was started.
 		 */
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Starting resilvers");
 		if (vdev_rebuild_active(spa->spa_root_vdev)) {
 			vdev_rebuild_restart(spa);
 		} else if (!dsl_scan_resilvering(spa->spa_dsl_pool) &&
@@ -5171,6 +5199,8 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 		 */
 		spa_history_log_version(spa, "open", NULL);
 
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa,
+		    "Restarting device removals");
 		spa_restart_removal(spa);
 		spa_spawn_aux_threads(spa);
 
@@ -5183,19 +5213,26 @@ spa_load_impl(spa_t *spa, spa_import_type_t type, const char **ereport)
 		 * auxiliary threads above (from which the livelist
 		 * deletion zthr is part of).
 		 */
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa,
+		    "Cleaning up inconsistent objsets");
 		(void) dmu_objset_find(spa_name(spa),
 		    dsl_destroy_inconsistent, NULL, DS_FIND_CHILDREN);
 
 		/*
 		 * Clean up any stale temporary dataset userrefs.
 		 */
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa,
+		    "Cleaning up temporary userrefs");
 		dsl_pool_clean_tmp_userrefs(spa->spa_dsl_pool);
 
 		spa_config_enter(spa, SCL_CONFIG, FTAG, RW_READER);
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Restarting initialize");
 		vdev_initialize_restart(spa->spa_root_vdev);
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Restarting TRIM");
 		vdev_trim_restart(spa->spa_root_vdev);
 		vdev_autotrim_restart(spa);
 		spa_config_exit(spa, SCL_CONFIG, FTAG);
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa, "Finished importing");
 	}
 
 	spa_import_progress_remove(spa_guid(spa));
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_log_spacemap.c b/module/zfs/spa_log_spacemap.c
index cf05158b63f..873089a53e3 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_log_spacemap.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_log_spacemap.c
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ spa_ld_log_sm_data(spa_t *spa)
 
 	uint_t pn = 0;
 	uint64_t ps = 0;
+	uint64_t nsm = 0;
 	psls = sls = avl_first(&spa->spa_sm_logs_by_txg);
 	while (sls != NULL) {
 		/* Prefetch log spacemaps up to 16 TXGs or MBs ahead. */
@@ -1185,6 +1186,10 @@ spa_ld_log_sm_data(spa_t *spa)
 		summary_add_data(spa, sls->sls_txg,
 		    sls->sls_mscount, 0, sls->sls_nblocks);
 
+		spa_import_progress_set_notes_nolog(spa,
+		    "Read %llu of %lu log space maps", (u_longlong_t)nsm,
+		    avl_numnodes(&spa->spa_sm_logs_by_txg));
+
 		struct spa_ld_log_sm_arg vla = {
 			.slls_spa = spa,
 			.slls_txg = sls->sls_txg
@@ -1200,6 +1205,7 @@ spa_ld_log_sm_data(spa_t *spa)
 
 		pn--;
 		ps -= space_map_length(sls->sls_sm);
+		nsm++;
 		space_map_close(sls->sls_sm);
 		sls->sls_sm = NULL;
 		sls = AVL_NEXT(&spa->spa_sm_logs_by_txg, sls);
@@ -1210,11 +1216,11 @@ spa_ld_log_sm_data(spa_t *spa)
 
 	hrtime_t read_logs_endtime = gethrtime();
 	spa_load_note(spa,
-	    "read %llu log space maps (%llu total blocks - blksz = %llu bytes) "
-	    "in %lld ms", (u_longlong_t)avl_numnodes(&spa->spa_sm_logs_by_txg),
+	    "Read %lu log space maps (%llu total blocks - blksz = %llu bytes) "
+	    "in %lld ms", avl_numnodes(&spa->spa_sm_logs_by_txg),
 	    (u_longlong_t)spa_log_sm_nblocks(spa),
 	    (u_longlong_t)zfs_log_sm_blksz,
-	    (longlong_t)((read_logs_endtime - read_logs_starttime) / 1000000));
+	    (longlong_t)NSEC2MSEC(read_logs_endtime - read_logs_starttime));
 
 out:
 	if (error != 0) {
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa_misc.c b/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
index 4e57673d7ea..dc6b3d2331e 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa_misc.c
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ spa_load_note(spa_t *spa, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	zfs_dbgmsg("spa_load(%s, config %s): %s", spa->spa_name,
 	    spa->spa_trust_config ? "trusted" : "untrusted", buf);
+
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes_nolog(spa, "%s", buf);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2183,6 +2185,7 @@ typedef struct spa_import_progress {
 	uint64_t		pool_guid;	/* unique id for updates */
 	char			*pool_name;
 	spa_load_state_t	spa_load_state;
+	char			*spa_load_notes;
 	uint64_t		mmp_sec_remaining;	/* MMP activity check */
 	uint64_t		spa_load_max_txg;	/* rewind txg */
 	procfs_list_node_t	smh_node;
@@ -2193,9 +2196,9 @@ spa_history_list_t *spa_import_progress_list = NULL;
 static int
 spa_import_progress_show_header(struct seq_file *f)
 {
-	seq_printf(f, "%-20s %-14s %-14s %-12s %s\n", "pool_guid",
+	seq_printf(f, "%-20s %-14s %-14s %-12s %-16s %s\n", "pool_guid",
 	    "load_state", "multihost_secs", "max_txg",
-	    "pool_name");
+	    "pool_name", "notes");
 	return (0);
 }
 
@@ -2204,11 +2207,12 @@ spa_import_progress_show(struct seq_file *f, void *data)
 {
 	spa_import_progress_t *sip = (spa_import_progress_t *)data;
 
-	seq_printf(f, "%-20llu %-14llu %-14llu %-12llu %s\n",
+	seq_printf(f, "%-20llu %-14llu %-14llu %-12llu %-16s %s\n",
 	    (u_longlong_t)sip->pool_guid, (u_longlong_t)sip->spa_load_state,
 	    (u_longlong_t)sip->mmp_sec_remaining,
 	    (u_longlong_t)sip->spa_load_max_txg,
-	    (sip->pool_name ? sip->pool_name : "-"));
+	    (sip->pool_name ? sip->pool_name : "-"),
+	    (sip->spa_load_notes ? sip->spa_load_notes : "-"));
 
 	return (0);
 }
@@ -2222,6 +2226,8 @@ spa_import_progress_truncate(spa_history_list_t *shl, unsigned int size)
 		sip = list_remove_head(&shl->procfs_list.pl_list);
 		if (sip->pool_name)
 			spa_strfree(sip->pool_name);
+		if (sip->spa_load_notes)
+			kmem_strfree(sip->spa_load_notes);
 		kmem_free(sip, sizeof (spa_import_progress_t));
 		shl->size--;
 	}
@@ -2277,6 +2283,10 @@ spa_import_progress_set_state(uint64_t pool_guid,
 	    sip = list_prev(&shl->procfs_list.pl_list, sip)) {
 		if (sip->pool_guid == pool_guid) {
 			sip->spa_load_state = load_state;
+			if (sip->spa_load_notes != NULL) {
+				kmem_strfree(sip->spa_load_notes);
+				sip->spa_load_notes = NULL;
+			}
 			error = 0;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2286,6 +2296,59 @@ spa_import_progress_set_state(uint64_t pool_guid,
 	return (error);
 }
 
+static void
+spa_import_progress_set_notes_impl(spa_t *spa, boolean_t log_dbgmsg,
+    const char *fmt, va_list adx)
+{
+	spa_history_list_t *shl = spa_import_progress_list;
+	spa_import_progress_t *sip;
+	uint64_t pool_guid = spa_guid(spa);
+
+	if (shl->size == 0)
+		return;
+
+	char *notes = kmem_vasprintf(fmt, adx);
+
+	mutex_enter(&shl->procfs_list.pl_lock);
+	for (sip = list_tail(&shl->procfs_list.pl_list); sip != NULL;
+	    sip = list_prev(&shl->procfs_list.pl_list, sip)) {
+		if (sip->pool_guid == pool_guid) {
+			if (sip->spa_load_notes != NULL) {
+				kmem_strfree(sip->spa_load_notes);
+				sip->spa_load_notes = NULL;
+			}
+			sip->spa_load_notes = notes;
+			if (log_dbgmsg)
+				zfs_dbgmsg("'%s' %s", sip->pool_name, notes);
+			notes = NULL;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	mutex_exit(&shl->procfs_list.pl_lock);
+	if (notes != NULL)
+		kmem_strfree(notes);
+}
+
+void
+spa_import_progress_set_notes(spa_t *spa, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list adx;
+
+	va_start(adx, fmt);
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes_impl(spa, B_TRUE, fmt, adx);
+	va_end(adx);
+}
+
+void
+spa_import_progress_set_notes_nolog(spa_t *spa, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list adx;
+
+	va_start(adx, fmt);
+	spa_import_progress_set_notes_impl(spa, B_FALSE, fmt, adx);
+	va_end(adx);
+}
+
 int
 spa_import_progress_set_max_txg(uint64_t pool_guid, uint64_t load_max_txg)
 {
@@ -2354,6 +2417,7 @@ spa_import_progress_add(spa_t *spa)
 		poolname = spa_name(spa);
 	sip->pool_name = spa_strdup(poolname);
 	sip->spa_load_state = spa_load_state(spa);
+	sip->spa_load_notes = NULL;
 
 	mutex_enter(&shl->procfs_list.pl_lock);
 	procfs_list_add(&shl->procfs_list, sip);
@@ -2373,6 +2437,8 @@ spa_import_progress_remove(uint64_t pool_guid)
 		if (sip->pool_guid == pool_guid) {
 			if (sip->pool_name)
 				spa_strfree(sip->pool_name);
+			if (sip->spa_load_notes)
+				spa_strfree(sip->spa_load_notes);
 			list_remove(&shl->procfs_list.pl_list, sip);
 			shl->size--;
 			kmem_free(sip, sizeof (spa_import_progress_t));
diff --git a/tests/runfiles/common.run b/tests/runfiles/common.run
index 20c9b823c64..dd44b63aaf3 100644
--- a/tests/runfiles/common.run
+++ b/tests/runfiles/common.run
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@ tests = ['zpool_import_001_pos', 'zpool_import_002_pos',
     'import_devices_missing', 'import_log_missing',
     'import_paths_changed',
     'import_rewind_config_changed',
-    'import_rewind_device_replaced']
+    'import_rewind_device_replaced',
+    'zpool_import_status']
 tags = ['functional', 'cli_root', 'zpool_import']
 timeout = 1200
 
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_import/zpool_import_status.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_import/zpool_import_status.ksh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c96961bf641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_import/zpool_import_status.ksh
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/bin/ksh -p
+#
+# CDDL HEADER START
+#
+# The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
+# Common Development and Distribution License (the "License").
+# You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#
+# You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
+# or https://opensource.org/licenses/CDDL-1.0.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+# and limitations under the License.
+#
+# When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
+# file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
+# If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
+# fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
+# information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+#
+# CDDL HEADER END
+#
+
+#
+# Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Use is subject to license terms.
+#
+
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Klara, Inc.
+#
+
+. $STF_SUITE/include/libtest.shlib
+. $STF_SUITE/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_import/zpool_import.cfg
+
+#
+# DESCRIPTION:
+# 	During a pool import, the 'import_progress' kstat contains details
+# 	on the import progress.
+#
+# STRATEGY:
+#	1. Create test pool with several devices
+#	2. Generate some ZIL records and spacemap logs
+#	3. Export the pool
+#	4. Import the pool in the background and monitor the kstat content
+#	5. Check the zfs debug messages for import progress
+#
+
+verify_runnable "global"
+
+function cleanup
+{
+	log_must set_tunable64 KEEP_LOG_SPACEMAPS_AT_EXPORT 0
+	log_must set_tunable64 METASLAB_DEBUG_LOAD 0
+
+	destroy_pool $TESTPOOL1
+}
+
+log_assert "During a pool import, the 'import_progress' kstat contains " \
+	"notes on the progress"
+
+log_onexit cleanup
+
+log_must zpool create $TESTPOOL1 $VDEV0 $VDEV1 $VDEV2
+typeset guid=$(zpool get -H -o value guid $TESTPOOL1)
+
+log_must zfs create -o recordsize=8k $TESTPOOL1/fs
+#
+# This dd command works around an issue where ZIL records aren't created
+# after freezing the pool unless a ZIL header already exists. Create a file
+# synchronously to force ZFS to write one out.
+#
+log_must dd if=/dev/zero of=/$TESTPOOL1/fs/sync conv=fsync bs=1 count=1
+
+#
+# Overwrite some blocks to populate spacemap logs
+#
+log_must dd if=/dev/urandom of=/$TESTPOOL1/fs/00 bs=1M count=200
+sync_all_pools
+log_must dd if=/dev/urandom of=/$TESTPOOL1/fs/00 bs=1M count=200
+sync_all_pools
+
+#
+# Freeze the pool to retain intent log records
+#
+log_must zpool freeze $TESTPOOL1
+
+# fill_fs [destdir] [dirnum] [filenum] [bytes] [num_writes] [data]
+log_must fill_fs /$TESTPOOL1/fs 1 2000 100 1024 R
+
+log_must zpool list -v $TESTPOOL1
+
+#
+# Unmount filesystem and export the pool
+#
+# At this stage the zfs intent log contains
+# a set of records to replay.
+#
+log_must zfs unmount /$TESTPOOL1/fs
+
+log_must set_tunable64 KEEP_LOG_SPACEMAPS_AT_EXPORT 1
+log_must zpool export $TESTPOOL1
+
+log_must set_tunable64 METASLAB_DEBUG_LOAD 1
+log_note "Starting zpool import in background at" $(date +'%H:%M:%S')
+zpool import -d $DEVICE_DIR -f $guid &
+pid=$!
+
+#
+# capture progress until import is finished
+#
+log_note waiting for pid $pid to exit
+kstat import_progress
+while [[ -d /proc/"$pid" ]]; do
+	line=$(kstat import_progress | grep -v pool_guid)
+	if [[ -n $line ]]; then
+		echo $line
+	fi
+	if [[ -f /$TESTPOOL1/fs/00 ]]; then
+		break;
+	fi
+	sleep 0.0001
+done
+log_note "zpool import completed at" $(date +'%H:%M:%S')
+
+entries=$(kstat dbgmsg | grep "spa_import_progress_set_notes_impl(): 'testpool1'" | wc -l)
+log_note "found $entries progress notes in dbgmsg"
+log_must test $entries -gt 20
+
+log_must zpool status $TESTPOOL1
+
+log_pass "During a pool import, the 'import_progress' kstat contains " \
+	"notes on the progress"