diff --git a/cmd/plugin.go b/cmd/plugin.go
index 7c4a1c3f..410ed672 100644
--- a/cmd/plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/plugin.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func newPluginCmd(plugin myks.Plugin) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			if err := g.ExecPlugin(asyncLevel, plugin, pluginArgs); err != nil {
-				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Unable to render applications")
+				log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Plugin did not run successfully")
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/internal/myks/util.go b/internal/myks/util.go
index ca941ac5..977ac344 100644
--- a/internal/myks/util.go
+++ b/internal/myks/util.go
@@ -273,9 +273,9 @@ func runCmd(name string, stdin io.Reader, args []string, logFn func(name string,
 func msgRunCmd(purpose string, cmd string, args []string) string {
 	msg := cmd + " " + strings.Join(reductSecrets(args), " ")
 	if purpose == "" {
-		return "Running \u001B[34m" + cmd + "\u001B[0m\n\u001B[37m" + msg + "\u001B[0m"
+		return "Ran \u001B[34m" + cmd + "\u001B[0m\n\u001B[37m" + msg + "\u001B[0m"
 	} else {
-		return "Running \u001B[34m" + cmd + "\u001B[0m to: \u001B[3m" + purpose + "\u001B[0m\n\u001B[37m" + msg + "\u001B[0m"
+		return "Ran \u001B[34m" + cmd + "\u001B[0m to: \u001B[3m" + purpose + "\u001B[0m\n\u001B[37m" + msg + "\u001B[0m"
 	}
 }