diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 59ddaf87d..d233ae56e 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
@@ -24,29 +22,18 @@ func (cli *CLI) init(opts Options) int {
 		return ExitCodeError
 	}
 
-	var builder strings.Builder
-
-	if opts.Recursive {
-		fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, "Installing plugins on each working directory...\n\n")
-	}
-
-	any_installed := false
+	installed := false
 	for _, wd := range workingDirs {
-		builder.Reset()
 		err := cli.withinChangedDir(wd, func() error {
-			installed := false
-			if opts.Recursive {
-				builder.WriteString("====================================================\n")
-				builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("working directory: %s\n\n", wd))
-			}
-
 			cfg, err := tflint.LoadConfig(afero.Afero{Fs: afero.NewOsFs()}, opts.Config)
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, builder.String())
-				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load TFLint config; %w", err)
+				if opts.Recursive {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load TFLint config in %s; %w", wd, err)
+				} else {
+					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load TFLint config; %w", err)
+				}
 			}
 
-			found := false
 			for _, pluginCfg := range cfg.Plugins {
 				installCfg := plugin.NewInstallConfig(cfg, pluginCfg)
 
@@ -54,13 +41,14 @@ func (cli *CLI) init(opts Options) int {
 				if installCfg.ManuallyInstalled() {
 					continue
 				}
-				found = true
 
 				_, err := plugin.FindPluginPath(installCfg)
 				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, builder.String())
-					builder.Reset()
-					fmt.Fprintf(cli.outStream, "Installing \"%s\" plugin...\n", pluginCfg.Name)
+					if opts.Recursive {
+						fmt.Fprintf(cli.outStream, "Installing \"%s\" plugin in %s...\n", pluginCfg.Name, wd)
+					} else {
+						fmt.Fprintf(cli.outStream, "Installing \"%s\" plugin...\n", pluginCfg.Name)
+					}
 
 					_, err = installCfg.Install()
 					if err != nil {
@@ -71,34 +59,17 @@ func (cli *CLI) init(opts Options) int {
 						}
 					}
 
-					any_installed = true
 					installed = true
 					fmt.Fprintf(cli.outStream, "Installed \"%s\" (source: %s, version: %s)\n", pluginCfg.Name, pluginCfg.Source, pluginCfg.Version)
 				}
 
 				if err != nil {
-					fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, builder.String())
-					return fmt.Errorf("Failed to find a plugin; %w", err)
+					if opts.Recursive {
+						return fmt.Errorf("Failed to find a plugin in %s; %w", wd, err)
+					} else {
+						return fmt.Errorf("Failed to find a plugin; %w", err)
+					}
 				}
-
-				builder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Plugin \"%s\" is already installed\n", pluginCfg.Name))
-			}
-
-			if opts.Recursive && !found {
-				builder.WriteString("No plugins to install\n")
-			}
-
-			if installed || !opts.Recursive {
-				fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, builder.String())
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			// If there are no changes, send logs to debug
-			prefix := "[DEBUG]   "
-			lines := strings.Split(builder.String(), "\n")
-
-			for _, line := range lines {
-				log.Printf("%s%s", prefix, line)
 			}
 
 			return nil
@@ -108,7 +79,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) init(opts Options) int {
 			return ExitCodeError
 		}
 	}
-	if opts.Recursive && !any_installed {
+	if !installed {
 		fmt.Fprint(cli.outStream, "All plugins are already installed\n")
 	}
 
diff --git a/integrationtest/init/init_test.go b/integrationtest/init/init_test.go
index 43409ab92..707bee504 100644
--- a/integrationtest/init/init_test.go
+++ b/integrationtest/init/init_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cli.Run([]string{"./tflint", "--init"})
-	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), `Plugin "aws" is already installed`) {
+	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), `All plugins are already installed`) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected to contain an already installed log, but did not: stdout=%s, stderr=%s", outStream, errStream)
 	}
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cli.Run([]string{"./tflint", "--chdir", "basic", "--init"})
-	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), `Plugin "aws" is already installed`) {
+	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), `All plugins are already installed`) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected to contain an already installed log, but did not: stdout=%s, stderr=%s", outStream, errStream)
 	}
 
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cli.Run([]string{"./tflint", "--recursive", "--init"})
-	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), "Installing plugins on each working directory...") {
-		t.Fatalf("Expected to contain working dir log, but did not: stdout=%s, stderr=%s", outStream, errStream)
-	}
 	if !strings.Contains(outStream.String(), "All plugins are already installed") {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected to contain already installed log, but did not: stdout=%s, stderr=%s", outStream, errStream)
 	}