diff --git a/dvc/repo/init.py b/dvc/repo/init.py
index 87b5549ec..4243066bb 100644
--- a/dvc/repo/init.py
+++ b/dvc/repo/init.py
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@ def init(root_dir=os.curdir, no_scm=False, force=False, subdir=False):
         [config.files["repo"], dvcignore, proj.plots.templates.templates_dir]
     )
 
+    logger.info("Initialized DVC repository.\n")
+
     if scm.ignore_file:
         scm.add([os.path.join(dvc_dir, scm.ignore_file)])
-        logger.info("\nYou can now commit the changes to git.\n")
+        logger.info("You can now commit the changes to git.\n")
 
     return proj