diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index dadffef4392..dbbd088fb99 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func NewInit(cfgPath string, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguration, skipPreFlight,
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("[init] Using Kubernetes version: %s\n", cfg.KubernetesVersion)
-	fmt.Printf("[init] Using Authorization mode: %v\n", cfg.AuthorizationModes)
+	fmt.Printf("[init] Using Authorization modes: %v\n", cfg.AuthorizationModes)
 
 	// Warn about the limitations with the current cloudprovider solution.
 	if cfg.CloudProvider != "" {
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (i *Init) Run(out io.Writer) error {
 
 	// PHASE 5: Set up the node bootstrap tokens
 	if !i.skipTokenPrint {
-		fmt.Printf("[token] Using token: %s\n", i.cfg.Token)
+		fmt.Printf("[bootstraptoken] Using token: %s\n", i.cfg.Token)
 	}
 
 	// Create the default node bootstrap token
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
index 1e4920fb2b4..2aed9425716 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/controlplane/manifests.go
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ func createStaticPodFiles(manifestDir string, cfg *kubeadmapi.MasterConfiguratio
 		if err := staticpodutil.WriteStaticPodToDisk(componentName, manifestDir, spec); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create static pod manifest file for %q: %v", componentName, err)
 		}
+
+		fmt.Printf("[controlplane] Wrote Static Pod manifest for component %s to %q\n", componentName, kubeadmconstants.GetStaticPodFilepath(componentName, manifestDir))
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/local.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/local.go
index 2645e00b92d..58fa56f9f7c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/local.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/etcd/local.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package etcd
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	kubeadmapi "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/apis/kubeadm"
 	kubeadmconstants "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/constants"
@@ -36,7 +38,12 @@ func CreateLocalEtcdStaticPodManifestFile(manifestDir string, cfg *kubeadmapi.Ma
 	spec := GetEtcdPodSpec(cfg)
 
 	// writes etcd StaticPod to disk
-	return staticpodutil.WriteStaticPodToDisk(kubeadmconstants.Etcd, manifestDir, spec)
+	if err := staticpodutil.WriteStaticPodToDisk(kubeadmconstants.Etcd, manifestDir, spec); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("[etcd] Wrote Static Pod manifest for a local etcd instance to %q\n", kubeadmconstants.GetStaticPodFilepath(kubeadmconstants.Etcd, manifestDir))
+	return nil
 }
 
 // GetEtcdPodSpec returns the etcd static Pod actualized to the context of the current MasterConfiguration