diff --git a/cli/cmd/init.go b/cli/cmd/init.go
index 76e85ad19..aa7ab23c2 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/init.go
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"net"
 
-	"github.com/spf13/afero"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
-
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/cli/azure"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/cli/file"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/cli/gcp"
@@ -23,6 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/coordinator/util"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/internal/config"
 	"github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/internal/state"
+	"github.com/kr/text"
+	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/wgctrl/wgtypes"
 )
 
 func newInitCmd() *cobra.Command {
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func initialize(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, protCl protoClient, vpn
 		}
 	}
 
+	cmd.Println("Creating service account ...")
 	serviceAccount, stat, err := serviceAccountCr.createServiceAccount(ctx, stat, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ func initialize(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, protCl protoClient, vpn
 	}
 
 	endpoints := ipsToEndpoints(append(coordinators.PublicIPs(), nodes.PublicIPs()...), *config.CoordinatorPort)
+	cmd.Println("Waiting for cloud provider to finish resource creation ...")
 	if err := waiter.WaitForAll(ctx, endpoints, coordinatorstate.AcceptingInit); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to wait for peer status: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -158,7 +160,9 @@ func activate(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, client protoClient, input
 		return activationResult{}, err
 	}
 
-	if err := respCl.WriteLogStream(cmd.OutOrStdout()); err != nil {
+	indentOut := text.NewIndentWriter(cmd.OutOrStdout(), []byte{'\t'})
+	cmd.Println("Activating the cluster ...")
+	if err := respCl.WriteLogStream(indentOut); err != nil {
 		return activationResult{}, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/cli/cmd/terminate.go b/cli/cmd/terminate.go
index 3d81a75c4..8a36643d1 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/terminate.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/terminate.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func terminate(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file.Handler, config *config.Conf
 		return err
 	}
 
+	cmd.Println("Terminating ...")
+
 	if len(stat.EC2Instances) != 0 || stat.EC2SecurityGroup != "" {
 		ec2client, err := ec2.NewFromDefault(cmd.Context())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cc2961a0b..de992f2b4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.3.0
+	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0
 	github.com/martinjungblut/go-cryptsetup v0.0.0-20220317181052-e70d6b615049
 	github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3 v3.8.6
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.8.2