diff --git a/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py b/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
index efc085e5901..a992b08e05d 100644
--- a/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
+++ b/pylint/config/config_file_parser.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def parse_config_file(
             raise OSError(f"The config file {file_path} doesn't exist!")
 
         if verbose:
-            print(f"Using config file {file_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"Loading config file {file_path}", file=sys.stderr)
 
         if file_path.suffix == ".toml":
             return _RawConfParser.parse_toml_file(file_path)
diff --git a/pylint/config/config_initialization.py b/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
index c656b8f11e5..42f7c9a1a35 100644
--- a/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
+++ b/pylint/config/config_initialization.py
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ def _config_initialization(
     args_list = _order_all_first(args_list, joined=True)
     parsed_args_list = linter._parse_command_line_configuration(args_list)
 
+    # save preprocessed Runner.verbose to config
+    linter.config.verbose = verbose_mode
+
     # Remove the positional arguments separator from the list of arguments if it exists
     try:
         parsed_args_list.remove("--")
diff --git a/pylint/lint/pylinter.py b/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
index 36bc77feb92..140849ee812 100644
--- a/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
+++ b/pylint/lint/pylinter.py
@@ -639,7 +639,11 @@ def register_local_config(self, file_or_dir: str) -> None:
                 original_config_ref = self.config
                 self.config = copy.deepcopy(self.config)
                 _config_initialization(
-                    self, self._cli_args, reporter=self.reporter, config_file=local_conf
+                    self,
+                    self._cli_args,
+                    reporter=self.reporter,
+                    config_file=local_conf,
+                    verbose_mode=self.config.verbose,
                 )
                 self._directory_namespaces[basedir.resolve()] = (self.config, {})
                 # keep dict keys reverse-sorted so that
@@ -958,24 +962,29 @@ def set_current_module(self, modname: str, filepath: str | None = None) -> None:
         # If there is an actual filepath we might need to update the config attribute
         if filepath and self.config.use_local_configs:
             self.register_local_config(filepath)
-            namespace = self._get_namespace_for_file(
+            config_path, namespace = self._get_namespace_for_file(
                 Path(filepath), self._directory_namespaces
             )
             if namespace:
-                self.config = namespace or self._base_config
+                self.config = namespace
+                if self.config.verbose:
+                    print(
+                        f"Using config from {config_path} for {modname}",
+                        file=sys.stderr,
+                    )
 
     def _get_namespace_for_file(
         self, filepath: Path, namespaces: DirectoryNamespaceDict
-    ) -> argparse.Namespace | None:
+    ) -> tuple[Path | None, argparse.Namespace | None]:
         filepath = filepath.resolve()
         for directory in namespaces:
             if _is_relative_to(filepath, directory):
-                namespace = self._get_namespace_for_file(
+                _, namespace = self._get_namespace_for_file(
                     filepath, namespaces[directory][1]
                 )
                 if namespace is None:
-                    return namespaces[directory][0]
-        return None
+                    return directory, namespaces[directory][0]
+        return None, None
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def _astroid_module_checker(
diff --git a/tests/config/test_config.py b/tests/config/test_config.py
index 872b568a610..4400d05c06f 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_config.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def test_short_verbose(capsys: CaptureFixture) -> None:
     """Check that we correctly handle the -v flag."""
     Run([str(EMPTY_MODULE), "-v"], exit=False)
     output = capsys.readouterr()
-    assert "Using config file" in output.err
+    assert "Loading config file" in output.err
 
 
 def test_argument_separator() -> None:
diff --git a/tests/config/test_per_directory_config.py b/tests/config/test_per_directory_config.py
index 4f13153e0f1..e6c617144df 100644
--- a/tests/config/test_per_directory_config.py
+++ b/tests/config/test_per_directory_config.py
@@ -240,3 +240,13 @@ def test_register_local_config_accepts_directory(
     assert level1_dir.is_dir()
     linter.register_local_config(str(level1_dir))
     assert level1_dir in linter._directory_namespaces.keys()
+
+
+def test_local_config_verbose(
+    _create_subconfig_test_fs: tuple[Path, ...], capsys: CaptureFixture
+) -> None:
+    """Check --verbose flag prints message about current config for each file."""
+    level1_dir, *tmp_files = _create_subconfig_test_fs
+    LintRun(["--verbose", "--use-local-configs=y", str(tmp_files[1])], exit=False)
+    output = capsys.readouterr()
+    assert f"Using config from {level1_dir / 'sub'}" in output.err