diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 7dec805..b526de1 100644
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -565,9 +565,14 @@ augroup campoCmds
         " Include local variables for C-like languages.
         let l:ctags_cmd = 'ctags '.l:exclude_list.' '.g:campo_custom_ctags_args.' --c-types=+l --c++-types=+l -o newtags'
 
-        " If there's an error running ctags then this echo will cause the
-        " error msg to be displayed on a new line.
-        echo ''
+        " Add the filename to the ctags command if not running in recursive mode.
+        let l:recursive = matchstr(g:campo_custom_ctags_args, '\(-R\s\)\|\(-R$\)\|\(--recurse=yes\)\|\(--recurse\s\)\|\(--recurse$\)')
+        if l:recursive == ''
+            let l:ctags_cmd = l:ctags_cmd . ' ' . expand('%:t')
+            echo "Creating non-recursive ctags"
+        else
+            echo "Creating recursive ctags"
+        endif
 
         " The ampersand at the end is to make this run in the background. I had to group the
         " commands in parens to make the chained commands run in the background.