diff --git a/cpdf.ml b/cpdf.ml
index ec16de3..17357bc 100644
--- a/cpdf.ml
+++ b/cpdf.ml
@@ -2280,12 +2280,14 @@ let change_pattern_matrices_page pdf tr page =
 
 (* Apply transformations to any annotations in /Annots (i.e their /Rect entries) *)
 let transform_annotations pdf transform rest =
+  (*Printf.printf "in transform_annotations\n";*)
   match Pdf.lookup_direct pdf "/Annots" rest with
   | Some (Pdf.Array annots) ->
       (* Always indirect references, so alter in place *)
       List.iter
         (function
          | Pdf.Indirect i ->
+             (*Printf.printf "Found an annotation to modify...\n";*)
              let annot = Pdf.lookup_obj pdf i in
                let rect' =
                  match Pdf.lookup_direct pdf "/Rect" annot with
diff --git a/cpdfcommand.ml b/cpdfcommand.ml
index bf3a4ce..a0b38e7 100644
--- a/cpdfcommand.ml
+++ b/cpdfcommand.ml
@@ -2462,6 +2462,12 @@ let get_single_pdf_nodecrypt read_lazy =
 
 let filenames = null_hash ()
 
+let squeeze_logto filename x =
+  let fh = open_out_gen [Open_wronly; Open_creat] 0o666 filename in
+    seek_out fh (out_channel_length fh);
+    output_string fh x;
+    close_out fh
+
 (* This now memoizes on the name of the file to make sure we only load each
 file once *)
 let rec get_pdf_from_input_kind ?(read_lazy=false) ?(decrypt=true) ?(fail=false) ((_, x, u, o, y, revision) as input) op ik =
@@ -2491,7 +2497,11 @@ let rec get_pdf_from_input_kind ?(read_lazy=false) ?(decrypt=true) ?(fail=false)
         begin
           let size = filesize s in
             initial_file_size := size;
-            if !logto = None then Printf.printf "Initial file size is %i bytes\n" size
+            let str = Printf.sprintf "Initial file size is %i bytes\n" size in
+            begin match !logto with
+            | None -> print_string str
+            | Some filename -> squeeze_logto filename str
+            end
         end;
       begin try Hashtbl.find filenames s with
         Not_found ->
@@ -2635,11 +2645,17 @@ let really_write_pdf ?(encryption = None) ?(is_decompress=false) mk_id pdf outna
     end;
     if args.squeeze then
       let s = filesize outname in
-        if !logto = None then
-          Printf.printf
-            "Final file size is %i bytes, %.2f%% of original.\n"
-            s
-            ((float s /. float !initial_file_size) *. 100.)
+        begin
+          let str =
+            Printf.sprintf
+              "Final file size is %i bytes, %.2f%% of original.\n"
+              s
+              ((float s /. float !initial_file_size) *. 100.)
+          in
+          match !logto with
+          | None -> print_string str
+          | Some filename -> squeeze_logto filename str
+        end
 
 let write_pdf ?(encryption = None) ?(is_decompress=false) mk_id pdf =
   if args.debugcrypt then Printf.printf "write_pdf\n";
diff --git a/cpdfmanual.pdf b/cpdfmanual.pdf
index 1e113a9..da217e4 100644
Binary files a/cpdfmanual.pdf and b/cpdfmanual.pdf differ
diff --git a/cpdfmanual.tex b/cpdfmanual.tex
index 1e838a4..32b3ea5 100644
--- a/cpdfmanual.tex
+++ b/cpdfmanual.tex
@@ -1124,14 +1124,16 @@ PDF, use:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 $ ./cpdf -squeeze in.pdf -o out.pdf
+Initial file size is 238169 bytes
 Beginning squeeze: 123847 objects
 Squeezing... Down to 114860 objects
 Squeezing... Down to 114842 objects
 Squeezing page data
 Recompressing document
+Final file size is 187200 bytes,  78.60% of original.
 \end{verbatim}
 
-\noindent The \texttt{-squeeze-log-to <filename>} option writes the log to the given file instead of to standard output.
+\noindent The \texttt{-squeeze-log-to <filename>} option writes the log to the given file instead of to standard output. Log contents is appended to the end of the log file, preserving existing contents.
 
 \chapter{Bookmarks}
   \begin{framed}