diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5092fd6cb..a96284bb2 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ This release contains contributions from (alphabetically by first name):
    a particular kind of partition table. (thanks Gaël)
  - The *partition* module is a little more resilient to variations
    in btrfs notation from os-prober.
+ - The *shellprocess* module now supports having a different progress
+   message (other than "Shell Processes Job") through the config file.
 
 
  # 3.2.31 (2020-10-06) #
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp b/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
index 526cd70bf..1637f0719 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/JobQueue.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ private:
             const auto& jobitem = m_runningJobs->at( m_jobIndex );
             progress = ( jobitem.cumulative + jobitem.weight * percentage ) / m_overallQueueWeight;
             message = jobitem.job->prettyStatusMessage();
+            // In progress reports at the start of a job (e.g. when the queue
+            // starts the job, or if the job itself reports 0.0) be more
+            // accepting in what gets reported: jobs with no status fall
+            // back to description and name, whichever is non-empty.
+            if ( percentage == 0.0 && message.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                message = jobitem.job->prettyDescription();
+                if ( message.isEmpty() )
+                {
+                    message = jobitem.job->prettyName();
+                }
+            }
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp b/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
index 8be7a16f9..dad6e5b12 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/utils/CalamaresUtilsSystem.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ System::runCommand( System::RunLocation location,
 
     if ( ( location == System::RunLocation::RunInTarget ) && ( !gs || !gs->contains( "rootMountPoint" ) ) )
     {
-        cWarning() << "No rootMountPoint in global storage";
+        cWarning() << "No rootMountPoint in global storage, while RunInTarget is specified";
         return ProcessResult::Code::NoWorkingDirectory;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp b/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
index fe90e1ec3..e3498c62d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/viewpages/ExecutionViewStep.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ void
 ExecutionViewStep::updateFromJobQueue( qreal percent, const QString& message )
 {
     m_progressBar->setValue( int( percent * m_progressBar->maximum() ) );
-    m_label->setText( message );
+    if ( !message.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        m_label->setText( message );
+    }
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.cpp b/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.cpp
index ab00a0bdd..6e3db62aa 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ ShellProcessJob::~ShellProcessJob() {}
 QString
 ShellProcessJob::prettyName() const
 {
+    if ( m_name )
+    {
+        return m_name->get();
+    }
     return tr( "Shell Processes Job" );
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +79,16 @@ ShellProcessJob::setConfigurationMap( const QVariantMap& configurationMap )
     {
         cWarning() << "No script given for ShellProcessJob" << moduleInstanceKey();
     }
+
+    bool labels_ok = false;
+    auto labels = CalamaresUtils::getSubMap( configurationMap, "i18n", labels_ok );
+    if ( labels_ok )
+    {
+        if ( labels.contains( "name" ) )
+        {
+            m_name = std::make_unique< CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString >( labels, "name" );
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 CALAMARES_PLUGIN_FACTORY_DEFINITION( ShellProcessJobFactory, registerPlugin< ShellProcessJob >(); )
diff --git a/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.h b/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.h
index 468aded59..a931d1e1a 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.h
+++ b/src/modules/shellprocess/ShellProcessJob.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "CppJob.h"
 #include "DllMacro.h"
 
+#include "locale/TranslatableConfiguration.h"
 #include "utils/CommandList.h"
 #include "utils/PluginFactory.h"
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     std::unique_ptr< CalamaresUtils::CommandList > m_commands;
+    std::unique_ptr< CalamaresUtils::Locale::TranslatedString > m_name;
 };
 
 CALAMARES_PLUGIN_FACTORY_DECLARATION( ShellProcessJobFactory )
diff --git a/src/modules/shellprocess/shellprocess.conf b/src/modules/shellprocess/shellprocess.conf
index 00d88851f..5d8a12d26 100644
--- a/src/modules/shellprocess/shellprocess.conf
+++ b/src/modules/shellprocess/shellprocess.conf
@@ -24,16 +24,56 @@
 #
 # The value of *script* may be:
 #   - a single string; this is one command that is executed.
-#   - a list of strings; these are executed one at a time, by
+#   - a single object (this is not useful).
+#   - a list of items; these are executed one at a time, by
 #     separate shells (/bin/sh -c is invoked for each command).
-#   - an object, specifying a key *command* and (optionally)
-#     a key *timeout* to set the timeout for this specific
-#     command differently from the global setting.
+#     Each list item may be:
+#     - a single string; this is one command that is executed.
+#     - a single object, specifying a key *command* and (optionally)
+#       a key *timeout* to set the timeout for this specific
+#       command differently from the global setting.
+#
+# Using a single object is not useful because the same effect can
+# be obtained with a single string and a global timeout, but when
+# there are multiple commands to execute, one of them might have
+# a different timeout than the others.
+#
+# To change the description of the job, set the *name* entries in *i18n*.
 ---
 dontChroot: false
 timeout: 10
+
+# Script may be a single string (because false returns an error exit
+# code, this will trigger a failure in the installation):
+#
+# script: "/usr/bin/false"
+
+# Script may be a list of strings (because false returns an error exit
+# code, **but** the command starts with a "-", the error exit is
+# ignored and installation continues):
+#
+# script:
+#     - "-/usr/bin/false"
+#     - "/bin/ls"
+#     - "/usr/bin/true"
+
+# Script may be a lit of items (if the touch command fails, it is
+# ignored; the slowloris command has a different timeout from the
+# other commands in the list):
 script:
     - "-touch @@ROOT@@/tmp/thingy"
-    - "/usr/bin/false"
+    - "/usr/bin/true"
     - command: "/usr/local/bin/slowloris"
       timeout: 3600
+
+# You can change the description of the job (as it is displayed in the
+# progress bar during installation) by defining an *i18n* key, which
+# has a *name* field and optionally, translations as *name[lang]*.
+#
+# Without a translation here, the default name from the source code
+# is used, "Shell Processes Job".
+#
+# i18n:
+#     name: "Shell process"
+#     name[nl]: "Schelpenpad"
+#     name[en_GB]: "Just a moment"