diff --git a/src/Command/SyncRecipesCommand.php b/src/Command/SyncRecipesCommand.php
index 4a3a53a26..3f7f5de22 100644
--- a/src/Command/SyncRecipesCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/SyncRecipesCommand.php
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 
         $io = $this->getIO();
 
+        if (!$io->isVerbose()) {
+            $io->writeError([
+                'Run command with <info>-v</info> to see more details',
+                '',
+            ]);
+        }
+
         if ($targetPackages = $input->getArgument('packages')) {
             if ($invalidPackages = array_diff($targetPackages, $totalPackages)) {
                 $io->writeError(sprintf('<warning>Cannot update: some packages are not installed:</warning> %s', implode(', ', $invalidPackages)));
diff --git a/src/Configurator/CopyFromPackageConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/CopyFromPackageConfigurator.php
index 3df308f10..75af761a7 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/CopyFromPackageConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/CopyFromPackageConfigurator.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class CopyFromPackageConfigurator extends AbstractConfigurator
 {
     public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock, array $options = [])
     {
-        $this->write('Setting configuration and copying files');
+        $this->write('Copying files from package');
         $packageDir = $this->composer->getInstallationManager()->getInstallPath($recipe->getPackage());
         $options = array_merge($this->options->toArray(), $options);
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock, array $options =
 
     public function unconfigure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock)
     {
-        $this->write('Removing configuration and files');
+        $this->write('Removing files from package');
         $packageDir = $this->composer->getInstallationManager()->getInstallPath($recipe->getPackage());
         $this->removeFiles($config, $packageDir, $this->options->get('root-dir'));
     }
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ private function copyFiles(array $manifest, string $from, array $options)
                 $targetPath = $this->path->concatenate([$to, $target]);
                 if (!is_dir(\dirname($targetPath))) {
                     mkdir(\dirname($targetPath), 0777, true);
-                    $this->write(sprintf('Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize(\dirname($targetPath))));
+                    $this->write(sprintf('  Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize(\dirname($targetPath))));
                 }
 
                 $this->copyFile($this->path->concatenate([$from, $source]), $targetPath, $options);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ private function removeFiles(array $manifest, string $from, string $to)
                 $targetPath = $this->path->concatenate([$to, $target]);
                 if (file_exists($targetPath)) {
                     @unlink($targetPath);
-                    $this->write(sprintf('Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
+                    $this->write(sprintf('  Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private function copyDir(string $source, string $target, array $options)
             if ($item->isDir()) {
                 if (!is_dir($targetPath)) {
                     mkdir($targetPath);
-                    $this->write(sprintf('Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
+                    $this->write(sprintf('  Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
                 }
             } elseif (!file_exists($targetPath)) {
                 $this->copyFile($item, $targetPath, $options);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public function copyFile(string $source, string $target, array $options)
 
         file_put_contents($target, $this->options->expandTargetDir(file_get_contents($source)));
         @chmod($target, fileperms($target) | (fileperms($source) & 0111));
-        $this->write(sprintf('Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($target)));
+        $this->write(sprintf('  Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($target)));
     }
 
     private function removeFilesFromDir(string $source, string $target)
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ private function removeFilesFromDir(string $source, string $target)
             if ($item->isDir()) {
                 // that removes the dir only if it is empty
                 @rmdir($targetPath);
-                $this->write(sprintf('Removed directory <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
+                $this->write(sprintf('  Removed directory <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
             } else {
                 @unlink($targetPath);
-                $this->write(sprintf('Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
+                $this->write(sprintf('  Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($targetPath)));
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Configurator/CopyFromRecipeConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/CopyFromRecipeConfigurator.php
index 322f80466..8671d0e91 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/CopyFromRecipeConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/CopyFromRecipeConfigurator.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class CopyFromRecipeConfigurator extends AbstractConfigurator
 {
     public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock, array $options = [])
     {
-        $this->write('Setting configuration and copying files');
+        $this->write('Copying files from recipe');
         $options = array_merge($this->options->toArray(), $options);
 
         $lock->add($recipe->getName(), ['files' => $this->copyFiles($config, $recipe->getFiles(), $options)]);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock, array $options =
 
     public function unconfigure(Recipe $recipe, $config, Lock $lock)
     {
-        $this->write('Removing configuration and files');
+        $this->write('Removing files from recipe');
         $this->removeFiles($config, $this->getRemovableFilesFromRecipeAndLock($recipe, $lock), $this->options->get('root-dir'));
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private function copyFile(string $to, string $contents, bool $executable, array
             @chmod($to, fileperms($to) | 0111);
         }
 
-        $this->write(sprintf('Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($to)));
+        $this->write(sprintf('  Created <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($to)));
 
         return $copiedFile;
     }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ private function removeFile(string $to)
         }
 
         @unlink($to);
-        $this->write(sprintf('Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($to)));
+        $this->write(sprintf('  Removed <fg=green>"%s"</>', $this->path->relativize($to)));
 
         if (0 === \count(glob(\dirname($to).'/*', GLOB_NOSORT))) {
             @rmdir(\dirname($to));
diff --git a/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
index 4ff74899a..0064e4bc0 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class EnvConfigurator extends AbstractConfigurator
 {
     public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $vars, Lock $lock, array $options = [])
     {
-        $this->write('Added environment variable defaults');
+        $this->write('Adding environment variable defaults');
 
         $this->configureEnvDist($recipe, $vars, $options['force'] ?? false);
         if (!file_exists($this->options->get('root-dir').'/.env.test')) {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ private function unconfigurePhpUnit(Recipe $recipe, $vars)
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $this->write(sprintf('Removed environment variables from %s', $file));
+            $this->write(sprintf('Removing environment variables from %s', $file));
             file_put_contents($phpunit, $contents);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Configurator/GitignoreConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/GitignoreConfigurator.php
index db57f28ea..b5bf49632 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/GitignoreConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/GitignoreConfigurator.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class GitignoreConfigurator extends AbstractConfigurator
 {
     public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $vars, Lock $lock, array $options = [])
     {
-        $this->write('Added entries to .gitignore');
+        $this->write('Adding entries to .gitignore');
 
         $gitignore = $this->options->get('root-dir').'/.gitignore';
         if (empty($options['force']) && $this->isFileMarked($recipe, $gitignore)) {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public function unconfigure(Recipe $recipe, $vars, Lock $lock)
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->write('Removed entries in .gitignore');
+        $this->write('Removing entries in .gitignore');
         file_put_contents($file, ltrim($contents, "\r\n"));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Configurator/MakefileConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/MakefileConfigurator.php
index 932881fd4..146771b00 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/MakefileConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/MakefileConfigurator.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class MakefileConfigurator extends AbstractConfigurator
 {
     public function configure(Recipe $recipe, $definitions, Lock $lock, array $options = [])
     {
-        $this->write('Added Makefile entries');
+        $this->write('Adding Makefile entries');
 
         $makefile = $this->options->get('root-dir').'/Makefile';
         if (empty($options['force']) && $this->isFileMarked($recipe, $makefile)) {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function unconfigure(Recipe $recipe, $vars, Lock $lock)
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->write(sprintf('Removed Makefile entries from %s', $makefile));
+        $this->write(sprintf('Removing Makefile entries from %s', $makefile));
         if (!trim($contents)) {
             @unlink($makefile);
         } else {