diff --git a/packages/backend/src/functions/storage.ts b/packages/backend/src/functions/storage.ts
index b124b8ef..f7748c88 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/functions/storage.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/functions/storage.ts
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export const createBucket = functions
         const S3 = await getS3Client()
 
         try {
+            printLog(`Creating AWS S3 bucket ${data.bucketName} ...`, LogLevel.LOG)
             // Try to get information about the bucket.
             await S3.send(new HeadBucketCommand({ Bucket: data.bucketName }))
             // If the command succeeded, the bucket exists, throw an error.
diff --git a/packages/phase2cli/src/commands/setup.ts b/packages/phase2cli/src/commands/setup.ts
index c3141991..0a63cbc0 100644
--- a/packages/phase2cli/src/commands/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/phase2cli/src/commands/setup.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ export const handleCeremonyBucketCreation = async (
 
     try {
         // Make the call to create the bucket.
+        spinner.info(`Creating bucket ${bucketName}`)
         await createS3Bucket(firebaseFunctions, bucketName)
     } catch (error: any) {
         const errorBody = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(error))