diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Console/Command/ValidateSchemaCommand.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Console/Command/ValidateSchemaCommand.php
index b7f3dccae19..b4618b3df48 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Console/Command/ValidateSchemaCommand.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Console/Command/ValidateSchemaCommand.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
 
+use function count;
 use function sprintf;
 
 /**
@@ -76,6 +77,19 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             $ui->text('<comment>[SKIPPED] The database was not checked for synchronicity.</comment>');
         } elseif (! $validator->schemaInSyncWithMetadata()) {
             $ui->error('The database schema is not in sync with the current mapping file.');
+
+            if ($output->getVerbosity() >= OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_VERBOSE) {
+                $updates = $validator->getUpdateSchemaList();
+
+                $rows = [];
+                foreach ($updates as $idx => $sql) {
+                    $rows[] = [(int) $idx + 1, $sql];
+                }
+
+                $ui->comment(sprintf('<info>%d</info> schema diff(s) detected:', count($updates)));
+                $ui->table(['n°', 'SQL'], $rows);
+            }
+
             $exit += 2;
         } else {
             $ui->success('The database schema is in sync with the mapping files.');
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
index 194e7fd59f9..a9cd443eb65 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/SchemaValidator.php
@@ -261,11 +261,21 @@ public function validateClass(ClassMetadataInfo $class)
      * @return bool
      */
     public function schemaInSyncWithMetadata()
+    {
+        return count($this->getUpdateSchemaList()) === 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of missing Database Schema updates.
+     *
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    public function getUpdateSchemaList()
     {
         $schemaTool = new SchemaTool($this->em);
 
         $allMetadata = $this->em->getMetadataFactory()->getAllMetadata();
 
-        return count($schemaTool->getUpdateSchemaSql($allMetadata, true)) === 0;
+        return $schemaTool->getUpdateSchemaSql($allMetadata, true);
     }
 }