diff --git a/phing/tasks/blt.xml b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
index 1c0b41d10..ac96fae44 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/blt.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/blt.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <!-- Remove default git remote -->
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="${composer.bin}/yaml-cli update:value ${blt.config-files.project} git.remotes.0 ''"  logoutput="true" checkreturn="false" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
 
-    <echo>Updating composer dependencies, this make take a while...</echo>
+    <echo>Installing new Composer dependencies provided by BLT. This make take a while...</echo>
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="composer update --no-interaction" logoutput="true" checkreturn="true" level="${blt.exec_level}" passthru="true"/>
     <copy file="${repo.root}/docroot/profiles/contrib/lightning/lightning.extend.yml" tofile="${repo.root}/docroot/sites/default/lightning.extend.yml"/>
 
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
     <!-- Display BLT art. -->
     <exec dir="${repo.root}" command="cat ${blt.root}/scripts/blt/ascii-art.txt" logoutput="true" passthru="true" checkreturn="false"/>
+
+    <echo level="warning">Your new BLT-based project has been created in ${repo.root}.</echo>
+    <echo>Please continue by following the "Creating a new project with BLT" instructions:</echo>
+    <echo>http://blt.readthedocs.io/en/8.x/readme/creating-new-project/</echo>
   </target>
 
   <!-- This target is necessary because Composer will delete .git directory directly after the `composer create-project` -->
diff --git a/phing/tasks/setup.xml b/phing/tasks/setup.xml
index fca43a1f0..560bf25f6 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/setup.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/setup.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
     <!-- Rebuild caches in case service definitions have changed. -->
     <!-- @see https://www.drupal.org/node/2826466 -->
-    <drush command="cr" alias="${drush.alias}"/>
+    <drush command="cr" alias="${drush.alias}" passthru="false"/>
 
     <!-- Execute db updates. -->
     <!-- This must happen before features are imported or configuration is imported. -->
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/BltProject/GitTest.php b/tests/phpunit/BltProject/GitTest.php
index dd70a9671..7768f99e2 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/BltProject/GitTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/BltProject/GitTest.php
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ protected function assertCommitMessageValidity($is_valid, $commit_message, $mess
 
     // "2>&1" redirects standard error output to standard output.
     $command = "mkdir -p {$this->projectDirectory}/tmp && echo '$commit_message' > {$this->projectDirectory}/tmp/blt_commit_msg && {$this->projectDirectory}/.git/hooks/commit-msg {$this->projectDirectory}/tmp/blt_commit_msg 2>&1";
-    print "Executing \"$command\" \n";
 
     exec($command, $output, $return);
     $this->assertNotSame($is_valid, (bool) $return, $message);