diff --git a/src/core/job.c b/src/core/job.c
index 1bcf4968e2..941f956025 100644
--- a/src/core/job.c
+++ b/src/core/job.c
@@ -864,11 +864,14 @@ static int job_dispatch_timer(sd_event_source *s, uint64_t monotonic, void *user
 int job_start_timer(Job *j) {
         int r;
 
-        if (j->unit->job_timeout <= 0 || j->timer_event_source)
+        if (j->timer_event_source)
                 return 0;
 
         j->begin_usec = now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
 
+        if (j->unit->job_timeout <= 0)
+                return 0;
+
         r = sd_event_add_monotonic(j->manager->event, j->begin_usec + j->unit->job_timeout, 0, job_dispatch_timer, j, &j->timer_event_source);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -1048,7 +1051,7 @@ int job_coldplug(Job *j) {
 
         assert(j);
 
-        if (j->begin_usec <= 0)
+        if (j->begin_usec == 0 || j->unit->job_timeout == 0)
                 return 0;
 
         if (j->timer_event_source)
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index f7f8fa697a..edde1091c4 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static void manager_print_jobs_in_progress(Manager *m) {
         unsigned counter = 0, print_nr;
         char cylon[6 + CYLON_BUFFER_EXTRA + 1];
         unsigned cylon_pos;
+        char time[FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX], limit[FORMAT_TIMESPAN_MAX] = "no limit";
+        uint64_t x;
 
         assert(m);
 
@@ -174,14 +176,23 @@ static void manager_print_jobs_in_progress(Manager *m) {
                 cylon_pos = 14 - cylon_pos;
         draw_cylon(cylon, sizeof(cylon), 6, cylon_pos);
 
+        m->jobs_in_progress_iteration++;
+
         if (m->n_running_jobs > 1)
                 if (asprintf(&job_of_n, "(%u of %u) ", counter, m->n_running_jobs) < 0)
                         job_of_n = NULL;
 
-        manager_status_printf(m, true, cylon, "%sA %s job is running for %s",
-                              strempty(job_of_n), job_type_to_string(j->type), unit_description(j->unit));
+        format_timespan(time, sizeof(time), now(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) - j->begin_usec, 1*USEC_PER_SEC);
+        if (job_get_timeout(j, &x) > 0)
+                format_timespan(limit, sizeof(limit), x - j->begin_usec, 1*USEC_PER_SEC);
+
+        manager_status_printf(m, true, cylon,
+                              "%sA %s job is running for %s (%s / %s)",
+                              strempty(job_of_n),
+                              job_type_to_string(j->type),
+                              unit_description(j->unit),
+                              time, limit);
 
-        m->jobs_in_progress_iteration++;
 }
 
 static int manager_watch_idle_pipe(Manager *m) {