diff --git a/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl b/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
index 0f15289..a85449a 100755
--- a/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
+++ b/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ sub on_public {
 	    open CMDPIPE,">",$nagioscmd;
 	    my ( $host, $svc ) = @{ $ACKS[$1] || [ undef, undef ] };
 	    if ( defined $host && defined $svc ) {
+		$self->privmsg([ @to ], "$nick: ok, acknowledgment (if any) for $host:$svc has been added.");
 		printf CMDPIPE "[%lu] ACKNOWLEDGE_SVC_PROBLEM;%s;%s;1;1;1;%s;%s\n",time(),$host,$svc,$nick,$2;
 	    } elsif ( defined $host ) {
 		printf CMDPIPE "[%lu] ACKNOWLEDGE_HOST_PROBLEM;%s;1;1;1;%s;%s\n",time(),$host,$nick,$2;