diff --git a/fs/accounting/stats_groups.go b/fs/accounting/stats_groups.go
index f209d4e64..a89866c7e 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/stats_groups.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/stats_groups.go
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Returns the following values:
 				"size": size of the file in bytes,
 				"bytes": total transferred bytes for this file,
 				"checked": if the transfer is only checked (skipped, deleted),
+				"what": the purpose of the transfer (transferring, deleting, checking, importing, hashing, merging, listing, moving, renaming),
 				"timestamp": integer representing millisecond unix epoch,
 				"error": string description of the error (empty if successful),
 				"jobid": id of the job that this transfer belongs to
diff --git a/fs/accounting/transfer.go b/fs/accounting/transfer.go
index f2bc67761..fc79c5ca1 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/transfer.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/transfer.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type TransferSnapshot struct {
 	Size        int64     `json:"size"`
 	Bytes       int64     `json:"bytes"`
 	Checked     bool      `json:"checked"`
+	What        string    `json:"what"`
 	StartedAt   time.Time `json:"started_at"`
 	CompletedAt time.Time `json:"completed_at,omitempty"`
 	Error       error     `json:"-"`
@@ -184,11 +185,18 @@ func (tr *Transfer) Snapshot() TransferSnapshot {
 	if tr.acc != nil {
 		b, s = tr.acc.progress()
 	}
+
+	what := tr.what
+	if what == "" {
+		what = "transferring"
+	}
+
 	snapshot := TransferSnapshot{
 		Name:        tr.remote,
-		Checked:     tr.checking,
 		Size:        s,
 		Bytes:       b,
+		Checked:     tr.checking,
+		What:        what,
 		StartedAt:   tr.startedAt,
 		CompletedAt: tr.completedAt,
 		Error:       tr.err,
diff --git a/fs/accounting/transfer_test.go b/fs/accounting/transfer_test.go
index ec5c11e78..2aaa3d2c9 100644
--- a/fs/accounting/transfer_test.go
+++ b/fs/accounting/transfer_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestTransfer(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Size)
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Bytes)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.Checked)
+		assert.Equal(t, "transferring", snap.What)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.StartedAt.IsZero())
 		assert.Equal(t, true, snap.CompletedAt.IsZero())
 		assert.Equal(t, nil, snap.Error)
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func TestTransfer(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Size)
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Bytes)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.Checked)
+		assert.Equal(t, "transferring", snap.What)
 		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.StartedAt.IsZero())
 		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.CompletedAt.IsZero())
 		assert.Equal(t, true, errors.Is(snap.Error, io.EOF))
@@ -63,4 +65,21 @@ func TestTransfer(t *testing.T) {
 			"dstFs": "dstFs:dstFs",
 		}, out)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Snapshot checking transfer", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctr := newCheckingTransfer(s, o, "checking")
+		snap := ctr.Snapshot()
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "obj", snap.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Size)
+		assert.Equal(t, int64(0), snap.Bytes)
+		assert.Equal(t, true, snap.Checked)
+		assert.Equal(t, "checking", snap.What)
+		assert.Equal(t, false, snap.StartedAt.IsZero())
+		assert.Equal(t, true, snap.CompletedAt.IsZero())
+		assert.Equal(t, nil, snap.Error)
+		assert.Equal(t, "", snap.Group)
+		assert.Equal(t, "", snap.SrcFs)
+		assert.Equal(t, "", snap.DstFs)
+	})
 }