diff --git a/R/KorAPConnection.R b/R/KorAPConnection.R
index f941bdd..90f72c1 100644
--- a/R/KorAPConnection.R
+++ b/R/KorAPConnection.R
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
   if (kco@cache) {
     parsed <- R.cache::loadCache(dir=KorAPCacheSubDir(), key=list(url, kco@accessToken))
     if (!is.null(parsed)) {
+      parsed$meta$cached <- "local"
       return(parsed)
     }
   }
diff --git a/R/KorAPQuery.R b/R/KorAPQuery.R
index 7a59ae7..cf848f0 100644
--- a/R/KorAPQuery.R
+++ b/R/KorAPQuery.R
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@
       log.info(verbose, "Searching \"", query, "\" in \"", vc, "\"", sep =
                  "")
       res = apiCall(kco, paste0(requestUrl, '&count=0'))
-      log.info(verbose, " took ", res$meta$benchmark, "\n", sep =
-                 "")
+      if(!is.null(res$meta$cached))
+        log.info(verbose, " [cached]\n")
+      else
+        log.info(verbose, " took ", res$meta$benchmark, "\n", sep = "")
       if (as.df)
         data.frame(
           query = query,