@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ func getImagesGet(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWr

 func postImagesLoad(eng *engine.Engine, version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {

 	job := eng.Job("load")

 	job.Stdin.Add(r.Body)

+	job.Stdout.Add(w)

 	return job.Run()

 }

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func (s *TagStore) CmdLoad(job *engine.Job) error {

 		for imageName, tagMap := range repositories {

 			for tag, address := range tagMap {

-				if err := s.Set(imageName, tag, address, true); err != nil {

+				if err := s.SetLoad(imageName, tag, address, true, job.Stdout); err != nil {

 					return err

 				}

 			}

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (

 	"encoding/json"

 	"errors"

 	"fmt"

+	"io"

 	"io/ioutil"

 	"os"

 	"path/filepath"

@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ func (store *TagStore) Delete(repoName, ref string) (bool, error) {

 }

 func (store *TagStore) Set(repoName, tag, imageName string, force bool) error {

+	return store.SetLoad(repoName, tag, imageName, force, nil)

+}

+

+func (store *TagStore) SetLoad(repoName, tag, imageName string, force bool, out io.Writer) error {

 	img, err := store.LookupImage(imageName)

 	store.Lock()

 	defer store.Unlock()

@@ -243,8 +248,17 @@ func (store *TagStore) Set(repoName, tag, imageName string, force bool) error {

 	repoName = registry.NormalizeLocalName(repoName)

 	if r, exists := store.Repositories[repoName]; exists {

 		repo = r

-		if old, exists := store.Repositories[repoName][tag]; exists && !force {

-			return fmt.Errorf("Conflict: Tag %s is already set to image %s, if you want to replace it, please use -f option", tag, old)

+		if old, exists := store.Repositories[repoName][tag]; exists {

+

+			if !force {

+				return fmt.Errorf("Conflict: Tag %s is already set to image %s, if you want to replace it, please use -f option", tag, old)

+			}

+

+			if old != img.ID && out != nil {

+

+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "The image %s:%s already exists, renaming the old one with ID %s to empty string\n", repoName, tag, old[:12])

+

+			}

 		}

 	} else {

 		repo = make(map[string]string)