diff --git a/crates/milli/src/progress.rs b/crates/milli/src/progress.rs
index 6a4231e91..8243ec235 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/progress.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/progress.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ macro_rules! make_atomic_progress {
 }
 
 make_atomic_progress!(Document alias AtomicDocumentStep => "document" );
+make_atomic_progress!(Payload alias AtomicPayloadStep => "payload" );
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Clone)]
 pub struct ProgressView {
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
index 4418944db..a1fc31f61 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/indexer/document_operation.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use super::super::document_change::DocumentChange;
 use super::document_changes::{DocumentChangeContext, DocumentChanges};
 use super::retrieve_or_guess_primary_key;
 use crate::documents::PrimaryKey;
-use crate::progress::{AtomicDocumentStep, Progress};
+use crate::progress::{AtomicDocumentStep, AtomicPayloadStep, Progress};
 use crate::update::new::document::Versions;
 use crate::update::new::steps::IndexingStep;
 use crate::update::new::thread_local::MostlySend;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl<'pl> DocumentOperation<'pl> {
         let mut primary_key = None;
 
         let payload_count = operations.len();
-        let (step, progress_step) = AtomicDocumentStep::new(payload_count as u32);
+        let (step, progress_step) = AtomicPayloadStep::new(payload_count as u32);
         progress.update_progress(progress_step);
 
         for (payload_index, operation) in operations.into_iter().enumerate() {