diff --git a/global-cli/index.js b/global-cli/index.js
index 1de8897636ffcee6512298410e8721d3edfbbe90..ee4c0881eb18f10c8c4fda23f90f3c708a630edd 100644
--- a/global-cli/index.js
+++ b/global-cli/index.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ function createApp(name, verbose, version) {
 
   console.log('Installing packages. This might take a couple minutes.');
   console.log('Installing react-scripts from npm...');
+  console.log();
 
   run(root, appName, version, verbose, originalDirectory);
 }
diff --git a/scripts/init.js b/scripts/init.js
index 1a94eb5df1f7d85114fda1aac635e89e9a961547..a26ad799cfa46a61f57d0960bd3fc8845154e82d 100644
--- a/scripts/init.js
+++ b/scripts/init.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ module.exports = function(appPath, appName, verbose, originalDirectory) {
 
   // Run another npm install for react and react-dom
   console.log('Installing react and react-dom from npm...');
+  console.log();
   // TODO: having to do two npm installs is bad, can we avoid it?
   var args = [
     'install',
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ module.exports = function(appPath, appName, verbose, originalDirectory) {
       cdpath = appPath;
     }
 
+    console.log();
     console.log('Success! Created ' + appName + ' at ' + appPath + '.');
     console.log('Inside that directory, you can run several commands:');
     console.log();