diff --git a/text.cpp b/text.cpp
index 7aff73a..6975fc0 100644
--- a/text.cpp
+++ b/text.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ const char* TOO_MANY_HOOKS = u8"Textractor: too many hooks: can't insert";
 const char* STARTING_SEARCH = u8"Textractor: starting search";
 const char* NOT_ENOUGH_TEXT = u8"Textractor: not enough text to search accurately";
 const char* HOOK_SEARCH_INITIALIZED = u8"Textractor: search initialized with %zd hooks";
+const char* MAKE_GAME_PROCESS_TEXT = u8"Textractor: please click around in the game to force it to process text during the next %d seconds!";
 const char* HOOK_SEARCH_FINISHED = u8"Textractor: hook search finished, %d results found";
 const char* OUT_OF_RECORDS_RETRY = u8"Textractor: out of search records, please retry if results are poor (default record count increased)";
 const char* FUNC_MISSING = u8"Textractor: function not present";
diff --git a/texthook/hookfinder.cc b/texthook/hookfinder.cc
index f45470b..93c43c6 100644
--- a/texthook/hookfinder.cc
+++ b/texthook/hookfinder.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 extern const char* STARTING_SEARCH;
 extern const char* HOOK_SEARCH_INITIALIZED;
+extern const char* MAKE_GAME_PROCESS_TEXT;
 extern const char* HOOK_SEARCH_FINISHED;
 extern const char* OUT_OF_RECORDS_RETRY;
 extern const char* NOT_ENOUGH_TEXT;
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ void SearchForHooks(SearchParam spUser)
 		}
 		ConsoleOutput(HOOK_SEARCH_INITIALIZED, addresses.size());
 		MH_ApplyQueued();
+		ConsoleOutput(MAKE_GAME_PROCESS_TEXT, sp.searchTime / 1000);
 		Sleep(sp.searchTime);
 		for (auto addr : addresses) MH_QueueDisableHook((void*)addr);
 		MH_ApplyQueued();