diff --git a/bin/rclaude b/bin/rclaude
index e4e542c..e06dbe1 100755
--- a/bin/rclaude
+++ b/bin/rclaude
@@ -841,8 +841,10 @@ if ! ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$host" "test -d ${dir}" 2>/dev/nu
             if [ $((_src_local + _dst_local)) -ge 1 ]; then
                 _src_arg=$([ "$_src_local" = 1 ] && printf '%s/' "$_src_dir" || printf '%s:%s/' "$_src_host" "$_src_dir")
                 _dst_arg=$([ "$_dst_local" = 1 ] && printf '%s/' "$dir"      || printf '%s:%s/' "$host"      "$dir")
-                printf 'rclaude: rsyncing %s → %s ...\n' "$_src_arg" "$_dst_arg" >&2
-                if rsync -a --info=stats1 "$_src_arg" "$_dst_arg" >&2; then
+                printf 'rclaude: rsync -ahz --info=progress2,stats1 %s %s\n' "$_src_arg" "$_dst_arg" >&2
+                # -h human-readable, -z compress over ssh, progress2 = single
+                # rolling progress bar with rate + ETA, stats1 = summary at end.
+                if rsync -ahz --info=progress2,stats1 "$_src_arg" "$_dst_arg" >&2; then
                     _did_rsync=1
                 else
                     echo "rclaude: rsync failed; falling back to empty mkdir" >&2