diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
index b1c30061572..2666a9df7ad 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/status/TransportIndicesStatusAction.java
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class TransportIndicesStatusAction extends TransportBroadcastOperationAct
                     stage = GatewayRecoveryStatus.Stage.INIT;
             }
             shardStatus.gatewayRecoveryStatus = new GatewayRecoveryStatus(stage, gatewayRecoveryStatus.startTime(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.time(),
-                    gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().totalSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().existingTotalSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().currentFilesSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.translog().currentTranslogOperations());
+                    gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().totalSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().reusedTotalSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.index().currentFilesSize(), gatewayRecoveryStatus.translog().currentTranslogOperations());
         }
 
         SnapshotStatus snapshotStatus = gatewayService.snapshotStatus();
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/IndexShardGatewayService.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/IndexShardGatewayService.java
index b54730eacca..907a8920fe2 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/IndexShardGatewayService.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/IndexShardGatewayService.java
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ public class IndexShardGatewayService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent implem
                     if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                         sb.append("recovery completed from ").append(shardGateway).append(", took [").append(timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.time())).append("]\n");
-                        sb.append("    index    : recovered_files [").append(recoveryStatus.index().numberOfFiles()).append("] with total_size [").append(new ByteSizeValue(recoveryStatus.index().totalSize())).append("], took [").append(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.index().time())).append("]\n");
-                        sb.append("             : reusing_files   [").append(recoveryStatus.index().numberOfExistingFiles()).append("] with total_size [").append(new ByteSizeValue(recoveryStatus.index().existingTotalSize())).append("]\n");
+                        sb.append("    index    : total_size [").append(new ByteSizeValue(recoveryStatus.index().totalSize())).append("], took[").append(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.index().time())).append("], took [").append(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.index().time())).append("]\n");
+                        sb.append("             : recovered_files [").append(recoveryStatus.index().numberOfFiles()).append("] with total_size [").append(new ByteSizeValue(recoveryStatus.index().reusedTotalSize())).append("], took [").append(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.index().time())).append("]\n");
+                        sb.append("             : reusing_files   [").append(recoveryStatus.index().numberOfReusedFiles()).append("] with total_size [").append(new ByteSizeValue(recoveryStatus.index().reusedTotalSize())).append("]\n");
                         sb.append("    translog : number_of_operations [").append(recoveryStatus.translog().currentTranslogOperations()).append("], took [").append(TimeValue.timeValueMillis(recoveryStatus.translog().time())).append("]");
                         logger.debug(sb.toString());
                     }
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/RecoveryStatus.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/RecoveryStatus.java
index 646e79aa73d..48f28f1491f 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/RecoveryStatus.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/RecoveryStatus.java
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ public class RecoveryStatus {
         private long version = -1;
         private int numberOfFiles = 0;
         private long totalSize = 0;
-        private int numberOfExistingFiles = 0;
-        private long existingTotalSize = 0;
+        private int numberOfReusedFiles = 0;
+        private long reusedTotalSize = 0;
         private AtomicLong currentFilesSize = new AtomicLong();
 
         public long startTime() {
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ public class RecoveryStatus {
             return this.version;
         }
 
-        public void files(int numberOfFiles, long totalSize, int numberOfExistingFiles, long existingTotalSize) {
+        public void files(int numberOfFiles, long totalSize, int numberOfReusedFiles, long reusedTotalSize) {
             this.numberOfFiles = numberOfFiles;
             this.totalSize = totalSize;
-            this.numberOfExistingFiles = numberOfExistingFiles;
-            this.existingTotalSize = existingTotalSize;
+            this.numberOfReusedFiles = numberOfReusedFiles;
+            this.reusedTotalSize = reusedTotalSize;
         }
 
         public int numberOfFiles() {
@@ -152,12 +152,16 @@ public class RecoveryStatus {
             return this.totalSize;
         }
 
-        public int numberOfExistingFiles() {
-            return numberOfExistingFiles;
+        public int numberOfReusedFiles() {
+            return numberOfReusedFiles;
         }
 
-        public long existingTotalSize() {
-            return this.existingTotalSize;
+        public long reusedTotalSize() {
+            return this.reusedTotalSize;
+        }
+
+        public long recoveredTotalSize() {
+            return totalSize - reusedTotalSize;
         }
 
         public void updateVersion(long version) {
diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardGateway.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardGateway.java
index 436913837cb..8c79bbe3e5f 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardGateway.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/gateway/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardGateway.java
@@ -477,15 +477,15 @@ public abstract class BlobStoreIndexShardGateway extends AbstractIndexShardCompo
     private void recoverIndex(CommitPoint commitPoint, ImmutableMap<String, BlobMetaData> blobs) throws Exception {
         int numberOfFiles = 0;
         long totalSize = 0;
-        int numberOfExistingFiles = 0;
-        long existingTotalSize = 0;
+        int numberOfReusedFiles = 0;
+        long reusedTotalSize = 0;
 
         List<CommitPoint.FileInfo> filesToRecover = Lists.newArrayList();
         for (CommitPoint.FileInfo fileInfo : commitPoint.indexFiles()) {
             StoreFileMetaData storeFile = store.metaData(fileInfo.physicalName());
             if (storeFile != null && !storeFile.name().contains("segment") && storeFile.length() == fileInfo.length()) {
-                numberOfExistingFiles++;
-                existingTotalSize += storeFile.length();
+                numberOfReusedFiles++;
+                reusedTotalSize += storeFile.length();
                 totalSize += storeFile.length();
                 if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
                     logger.trace("not_recovering [{}], exists in local store and has same length [{}]", fileInfo.physicalName(), fileInfo.length());
@@ -504,13 +504,13 @@ public abstract class BlobStoreIndexShardGateway extends AbstractIndexShardCompo
             }
         }
 
-        recoveryStatus.index().files(numberOfFiles, totalSize, numberOfExistingFiles, existingTotalSize);
+        recoveryStatus.index().files(numberOfFiles, totalSize, numberOfReusedFiles, reusedTotalSize);
         if (filesToRecover.isEmpty()) {
             logger.trace("no files to recover, all exists within the local store");
         }
 
         if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-            logger.trace("recovering_files [{}] with total_size [{}], reusing_files [{}] with reused_size [{}]", numberOfFiles, new ByteSizeValue(totalSize), numberOfExistingFiles, new ByteSizeValue(existingTotalSize));
+            logger.trace("recovering_files [{}] with total_size [{}], reusing_files [{}] with reused_size [{}]", numberOfFiles, new ByteSizeValue(totalSize), numberOfReusedFiles, new ByteSizeValue(reusedTotalSize));
         }
 
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(filesToRecover.size());