diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/format.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/format.ts
index 84e4007bce66586611c2d1aadbd332469f8febdf..83683c0043e4039d09702661fdb3208117226043 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/format.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/format.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { IDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { LinkedList } from 'vs/base/common/linkedList';
 import { CommandsRegistry } from 'vs/platform/commands/common/commands';
 import { assertType } from 'vs/base/common/types';
+import { IProgressStep, IProgress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 
 export function alertFormattingEdits(edits: ISingleEditOperation[]): void {
 
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ export async function formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider(
 	accessor: ServicesAccessor,
 	editorOrModel: ITextModel | IActiveCodeEditor,
 	mode: FormattingMode,
+	progress: IProgress<IProgressStep>,
 	token: CancellationToken
 ): Promise<void> {
 
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ export async function formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider(
 	const provider = getRealAndSyntheticDocumentFormattersOrdered(model);
 	const selected = await FormattingConflicts.select(provider, model, mode);
 	if (selected) {
+		progress.report({ message: nls.localize('formattingWith', "Formatting with '{0}'", selected.displayName || selected.extensionId && selected.extensionId.value || '???') });
 		await instaService.invokeFunction(formatDocumentWithProvider, selected, editorOrModel, mode, token);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/formatActions.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/formatActions.ts
index c169060f72a60514fe6b9ae06b51e6fed81ab691..9d1c8ec0388c1563384d19db7cf6e3033928d7c1 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/formatActions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/format/formatActions.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { KeybindingWeight } from 'vs/platform/keybinding/common/keybindingsRegis
 import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { onUnexpectedError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import { EditorOption } from 'vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions';
+import { Progress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 
 class FormatOnType implements IEditorContribution {
 
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ class FormatDocumentAction extends EditorAction {
 	async run(accessor: ServicesAccessor, editor: ICodeEditor): Promise<void> {
 		if (editor.hasModel()) {
 			const instaService = accessor.get(IInstantiationService);
-			await instaService.invokeFunction(formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider, editor, FormattingMode.Explicit, CancellationToken.None);
+			await instaService.invokeFunction(formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider, editor, FormattingMode.Explicit, Progress.None, CancellationToken.None);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/progress/common/progress.ts b/src/vs/platform/progress/common/progress.ts
index 576ae6d82fb6f735b3863d252fcbd4827f06ffcd..a0cea0a3659c95a0d89ebcf7e324e9765449877d 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/progress/common/progress.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/progress/common/progress.ts
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ export interface IProgressRunner {
 	done(): void;
 }
 
-export const emptyProgress: IProgress<IProgressStep> = { report: () => { } };
-
 export const emptyProgressRunner: IProgressRunner = Object.freeze({
 	total() { },
 	worked() { },
@@ -100,6 +98,8 @@ export interface IProgress<T> {
 
 export class Progress<T> implements IProgress<T> {
 
+	static readonly None: IProgress<any> = Object.freeze({ report() { } });
+
 	private _value?: T;
 	get value(): T | undefined { return this._value; }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/saveParticipants.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/saveParticipants.ts
index ea6fc68420f30a4ff0ed204f3cfa195760e299fb..3637946026062bcf5813e6abedefe4819478b1cc 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/saveParticipants.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/saveParticipants.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class FormatOnSaveParticipant implements ITextFileSaveParticipant {
 
 		progress.report({ message: localize('formatting', "Formatting") });
 		const editorOrModel = findEditor(model, this.codeEditorService) || model;
-		await this.instantiationService.invokeFunction(formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider, editorOrModel, FormattingMode.Silent, token);
+		await this.instantiationService.invokeFunction(formatDocumentWithSelectedProvider, editorOrModel, FormattingMode.Silent, progress, token);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditService.ts
index 414a94ac93bf718e8421186408641b1d12598f49..e5ea9a06e7512835da74d1921918ea2be913a105 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/bulkEdit/browser/bulkEditService.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import { IFileService, FileSystemProviderCapabilities } from 'vs/platform/files/common/files';
 import { registerSingleton } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/extensions';
 import { ILogService } from 'vs/platform/log/common/log';
-import { IProgress, IProgressStep, emptyProgress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
+import { IProgress, IProgressStep, Progress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 import { IEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
 import { ITextFileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class BulkEdit {
 		@IConfigurationService private readonly _configurationService: IConfigurationService
 	) {
 		this._editor = editor;
-		this._progress = progress || emptyProgress;
+		this._progress = progress || Progress.None;
 		this._edits = edits;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices.ts b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices.ts
index ec6a2da19a4df7cf7eebcf4ef01c92f4f4485815..14f31ca5e1a29d60344615c486b8bf054c2e9c4a 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/test/browser/workbenchTestServices.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ import { IWorkbenchEnvironmentService } from 'vs/workbench/services/environment/
 import { createTextBufferFactoryFromStream } from 'vs/editor/common/model/textModel';
 import { IRemotePathService } from 'vs/workbench/services/path/common/remotePathService';
 import { Direction } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/grid/grid';
-import { IProgressService, IProgressOptions, IProgressWindowOptions, IProgressNotificationOptions, IProgressCompositeOptions, IProgress, IProgressStep, emptyProgress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
+import { IProgressService, IProgressOptions, IProgressWindowOptions, IProgressNotificationOptions, IProgressCompositeOptions, IProgress, IProgressStep, Progress } from 'vs/platform/progress/common/progress';
 import { IWorkingCopyFileService, WorkingCopyFileService } from 'vs/workbench/services/workingCopy/common/workingCopyFileService';
 import { UndoRedoService } from 'vs/platform/undoRedo/common/undoRedoService';
 import { IUndoRedoService } from 'vs/platform/undoRedo/common/undoRedo';
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export class TestProgressService implements IProgressService {
 		task: (progress: IProgress<IProgressStep>) => Promise<any>,
 		onDidCancel?: ((choice?: number | undefined) => void) | undefined
 	): Promise<any> {
-		return task(emptyProgress);
+		return task(Progress.None);
 	}
 }