diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
index e3c3aafd9eb..2459025b9fe 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ func NewInit(cfgPath string, externalcfg *kubeadmapiv1alpha2.MasterConfiguration
 	if err := preflight.RunInitMasterChecks(utilsexec.New(), cfg, ignorePreflightErrors); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	fmt.Println("[preflight/images] Pulling images required for setting up a Kubernetes cluster")
+	fmt.Println("[preflight/images] This might take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your internet connection")
+	fmt.Println("[preflight/images] You can also perform this action in beforehand using 'kubeadm config images pull'")
 	if err := preflight.RunPullImagesCheck(utilsexec.New(), cfg, ignorePreflightErrors); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
index 6b26e73b673..389bda55cef 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/preflight/checks.go
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ func (ImagePullCheck) Name() string {
 // Check pulls images required by kubeadm. This is a mutating check
 func (i ImagePullCheck) Check() (warnings, errors []error) {
 	for _, image := range i.ImageList {
+		glog.V(1).Infoln("pulling ", image)
 		if err := i.Images.Exists(image); err == nil {
 			continue
 		}