diff --git a/commands/command.go b/commands/command.go
index d538f4a..f89e161 100644
--- a/commands/command.go
+++ b/commands/command.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ func (cmd *BaseCommand) Success(message string) error {
 		util.NotifySuccess(cmd.context, message)
 	}
 
-	// If there is an active spinner wrap it up.
+	// If there is an active spinner wrap it up. This is not placed before the logging above so commands can rely on
+	// cmd.Success to set the last spinner status in lieu of an extraneous log entry.
 	cmd.out.NoSpin()
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/commands/data_backup.go b/commands/data_backup.go
index d26b501..0373c3d 100644
--- a/commands/data_backup.go
+++ b/commands/data_backup.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func (cmd *DataBackup) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return cmd.Failure("Backup failed", "COMMAND-ERROR", 13)
 	}
 
-	cmd.out.Info("Backup complete: %s", backupFile)
+	cmd.out.Info("Data backup saved to %s", backupFile)
+	// Our final success message provides details on where to find the backup file.
+	// The success notifcation is kept simple by not passing back the filepath.
+	cmd.out.NoSpin()
+
 	return cmd.Success("Data Backup completed")
 }
diff --git a/commands/data_restore.go b/commands/data_restore.go
index 5c9af60..cda2aad 100644
--- a/commands/data_restore.go
+++ b/commands/data_restore.go
@@ -65,6 +65,5 @@ func (cmd *DataRestore) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return cmd.Failure("Data restore failed", "COMMAND-ERROR", 13)
 	}
 
-	cmd.out.Info("Data restore complete")
-	return cmd.Success("Data Restore was successful")
+	return cmd.Success("Data Restore completed")
 }
diff --git a/commands/dns.go b/commands/dns.go
index 474149f..04281b2 100644
--- a/commands/dns.go
+++ b/commands/dns.go
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ func (cmd *DNS) Commands() []cli.Command {
 
 // Run executes the `rig dns` command
 func (cmd *DNS) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
-	cmd.out.Info("Configuring DNS")
-
 	if !util.SupportsNativeDocker() && !cmd.machine.IsRunning() {
 		return cmd.Failure(fmt.Sprintf("Machine '%s' is not running.", cmd.machine.Name), "MACHINE-STOPPED", 12)
 	}
@@ -51,6 +49,7 @@ func (cmd *DNS) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if !util.SupportsNativeDocker() {
 		cmd.ConfigureRoutes(cmd.machine)
 	}
+
 	return cmd.Success("DNS Services have been started")
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ func (cmd *DNS) StartDNS(machine Machine, nameservers string) error {
 		args = append(args, "--nameserver="+server)
 	}
 
-	util.ForceStreamCommand("docker", args...)
+	util.StreamCommand("docker", args...)
 	// Configure the resolvers based on platform
 	var resolverReturn error
 	if util.IsMac() {
diff --git a/commands/kill.go b/commands/kill.go
index f2a3ea8..9949fb9 100644
--- a/commands/kill.go
+++ b/commands/kill.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (cmd *Kill) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	cmd.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Killing machine '%s'", cmd.machine.Name)
+	cmd.out.Info("Killing machine '%s'", cmd.machine.Name)
 	util.StreamCommand("docker-machine", "kill", cmd.machine.Name)
 
 	// Ensure the underlying virtualization has stopped
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (cmd *Kill) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	case util.Xhyve:
 		cmd.out.Warning("Add equivalent xhyve kill command.")
 	default:
-		cmd.out.Channel.Warning.Printf("Driver not recognized: %s\n", driver)
+		cmd.out.Warning("Driver not recognized: %s\n", driver)
 	}
 
 	return cmd.Success(fmt.Sprintf("Machine '%s' killed", cmd.machine.Name))
diff --git a/commands/machine.go b/commands/machine.go
index 22f55fc..7ac0f6d 100644
--- a/commands/machine.go
+++ b/commands/machine.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Machine struct {
 
 // Create will generate a new Docker Machine configured according to user specification
 func (m *Machine) Create(driver string, cpuCount string, memSize string, diskSize string) error {
-	m.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Creating a %s machine named '%s' with CPU(%s) MEM(%s) DISK(%s)...", driver, m.Name, cpuCount, memSize, diskSize)
+	m.out.Info("Creating a %s machine named '%s' with CPU(%s) MEM(%s) DISK(%s)...", driver, m.Name, cpuCount, memSize, diskSize)
 
 	boot2dockerURL := "https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker/releases/download/v" + util.GetRawCurrentDockerVersion() + "/boot2docker.iso"
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (m *Machine) Create(driver string, cpuCount string, memSize string, diskSiz
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating machine '%s': %s", m.Name, err)
 	}
 
-	m.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Created docker-machine named '%s'...", m.Name)
+	m.out.Info("Created docker-machine named '%s'...", m.Name)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (m Machine) CheckXhyveRequirements() error {
 // Start boots the Docker Machine
 func (m Machine) Start() error {
 	if !m.IsRunning() {
-		m.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("The machine '%s' is not running, starting...", m.Name)
+		m.out.Verbose("The machine '%s' is not running, starting...", m.Name)
 
 		if err := util.StreamCommand("docker-machine", "start", m.Name); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error starting machine '%s': %s", m.Name, err)
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ func (m Machine) WaitForDev() error {
 	for i := 1; i <= maxTries; i++ {
 		m.SetEnv()
 		if err := util.Command("docker", "ps").Run(); err == nil {
-			m.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Machine '%s' has started", m.Name)
+			m.out.Verbose("Machine '%s' has started", m.Name)
 			return nil
 		}
-		m.out.Channel.Warning.Printf("Docker daemon not running! Trying again in %d seconds.  Try %d of %d. \n", sleepSecs, i, maxTries)
+		m.out.Warning("Docker daemon not running! Trying again in %d seconds.  Try %d of %d. \n", sleepSecs, i, maxTries)
 		time.Sleep(time.Duration(sleepSecs) * time.Second)
 	}
 
diff --git a/commands/project_create.go b/commands/project_create.go
index 57a5379..dcfec3f 100644
--- a/commands/project_create.go
+++ b/commands/project_create.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (cmd *ProjectCreate) RunGenerator(ctx *cli.Context, machine Machine, image
 		if e := util.StreamCommand("docker", "pull", image); e != nil {
 			cmd.out.Error("Project generator docker image failed to update. Using local cache if available: %s", image)
 		} else {
-			cmd.out.Warning("Project generator docker image is up-to-date: %s", image)
+			cmd.out.Info("Project generator docker image is up-to-date: %s", image)
 		}
 	} else if err == nil && ctx.Bool("no-update") {
 		cmd.out.Verbose("Automatic generator image update suppressed by --no-update option.")
diff --git a/commands/project_sync.go b/commands/project_sync.go
index f0a2dba..983ceb9 100644
--- a/commands/project_sync.go
+++ b/commands/project_sync.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) StartUnisonSync(ctx *cli.Context, volumeName string, con
 	// up and running. If the logfile does not exist, do not complain. If the
 	// filesystem cannot delete the file when it exists, it will lead to errors.
 	if err := util.RemoveFile(logFile, workingDir); err != nil {
-		cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Could not remove Unison log file: %s: %s", logFile, err.Error())
+		cmd.out.Verbose("Could not remove Unison log file: %s: %s", logFile, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	// Initiate local Unison process.
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) StartUnisonSync(ctx *cli.Context, volumeName string, con
 			unisonArgs = append(unisonArgs, "-ignore", ignore)
 		}
 	}
-	cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Unison Args: %s", strings.Join(unisonArgs[:], " "))
+	cmd.out.Verbose("Unison Args: %s", strings.Join(unisonArgs[:], " "))
 	command := exec.Command("unison", unisonArgs...)
 	command.Dir = workingDir
-	cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Sync execution - Working Directory: %s", workingDir)
+	cmd.out.Verbose("Sync execution - Working Directory: %s", workingDir)
 	if err = util.Convert(command).Start(); err != nil {
 		return cmd.Failure(fmt.Sprintf("Failure starting local Unison process: %v", err), "UNISON-START-FAILED", 13)
 	}
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) StartUnisonSync(ctx *cli.Context, volumeName string, con
 
 // SetupBindVolume will create minimal Docker Volumes for systems that have native container/volume support
 func (cmd *ProjectSync) SetupBindVolume(volumeName string, workingDir string) error {
-	cmd.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Starting local bind volume: %s", volumeName)
+	cmd.out.Info("Starting local bind volume: %s", volumeName)
 	util.Command("docker", "volume", "rm", volumeName).Run()
 
 	volumeArgs := []string{
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) RunStop(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
 		return cmd.Success("No Unison container to stop, using local bind volume")
 	}
+
 	cmd.Config = NewProjectConfig()
 	if cmd.Config.NotEmpty() {
-		cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Loaded project configuration from %s", cmd.Config.Path)
+		cmd.out.Verbose("Loaded project configuration from %s", cmd.Config.Path)
 	}
 
 	// Determine the working directory for CWD-sensitive operations.
@@ -231,13 +232,12 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) RunStop(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	volumeName := cmd.GetVolumeName(cmd.Config, workingDir)
-	cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Stopping sync with volume: %s", volumeName)
-	cmd.out.Info("Stopping Unison container")
+	cmd.out.Spin(fmt.Sprintf("Stopping Unison container (%s)", volumeName))
 	if err := util.Command("docker", "container", "stop", volumeName).Run(); err != nil {
 		return cmd.Failure(err.Error(), "SYNC-CONTAINER-FAILURE", 13)
 	}
 
-	return cmd.Success("Unison container stopped")
+	return cmd.Success(fmt.Sprintf("Unison container %s stopped", volumeName))
 }
 
 // GetVolumeName will find the volume name through a variety of fall backs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) WaitForUnisonContainer(containerName string, timeoutSeco
 	}
 	ip := strings.Trim(string(output), "\n")
 
-	cmd.out.Channel.Verbose.Printf("Checking for Unison network connection on %s %d", ip, unisonPort)
+	cmd.out.Verbose("Checking for Unison network connection on %s %d", ip, unisonPort)
 	for i := 1; i <= timeoutLoops; i++ {
 		conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, unisonPort))
 		if err == nil {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (cmd *ProjectSync) WaitForUnisonContainer(containerName string, timeoutSeco
 			return ip, nil
 		}
 
-		cmd.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Failure: %v", err)
+		cmd.out.Info("Failure: %v", err)
 		time.Sleep(timeoutLoopSleep)
 	}
 
diff --git a/commands/prune.go b/commands/prune.go
index fc10d2a..04f8ee7 100644
--- a/commands/prune.go
+++ b/commands/prune.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ func (cmd *Prune) Commands() []cli.Command {
 
 // Run executes the `rig prune` command
 func (cmd *Prune) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
-	cmd.out.Info("Cleaning up Docker images and containers...")
+	cmd.out.Spin("Cleaning up unused Docker resources...")
 	if exitCode := util.PassthruCommand(exec.Command("docker", "system", "prune", "--all", "--volumes")); exitCode != 0 {
 		return cmd.Failure("Failure pruning Docker resources.", "COMMAND-ERROR", 13)
 	}
-
+	cmd.out.Info("Unused Docker images, containers, volumes, and networks cleaned up.")
 	return cmd.Success("")
 }
diff --git a/commands/remove.go b/commands/remove.go
index 3ea04ed..9cd8265 100644
--- a/commands/remove.go
+++ b/commands/remove.go
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ func (cmd *Remove) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		cmd.out.Warning("Run 'rig data-backup' if you want to save your /data volume.")
 
 		if !util.AskYesNo("Are you sure you want to remove '" + cmd.machine.Name + "'") {
-			return cmd.Success("Remove was aborted")
+			cmd.out.Info("Remove was aborted")
+			return cmd.Success("")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -63,6 +64,6 @@ func (cmd *Remove) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return cmd.Failure(err.Error(), "MACHINE-REMOVE-FAILED", 12)
 	}
 
-	cmd.out.Info("Failed to remove the docker Virtual Machine")
+	cmd.out.Info("Removed the Docker Virtual Machine")
 	return cmd.Success(fmt.Sprintf("Machine '%s' removed", cmd.machine.Name))
 }
diff --git a/commands/restart.go b/commands/restart.go
index 24bf774..3e9f238 100644
--- a/commands/restart.go
+++ b/commands/restart.go
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ func (cmd *Restart) Commands() []cli.Command {
 func (cmd *Restart) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if util.SupportsNativeDocker() || cmd.machine.Exists() {
 		if util.SupportsNativeDocker() {
-			cmd.out.Info("Restarting Outrigger services")
+			cmd.out.Spin("Restarting Outrigger services")
 		} else {
-			cmd.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Restarting Outrigger machine '%s' and services", cmd.machine.Name)
+			cmd.out.Spin(fmt.Sprintf("Restarting Outrigger machine '%s' and services", cmd.machine.Name))
 		}
 
 		stop := Stop{cmd.BaseCommand}
diff --git a/commands/status.go b/commands/status.go
index 7a4b002..805641e 100644
--- a/commands/status.go
+++ b/commands/status.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ func (cmd *Status) Commands() []cli.Command {
 // Run executes the `rig status` command
 func (cmd *Status) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if util.SupportsNativeDocker() {
-		return cmd.Success("Status is not needed on Linux")
+		cmd.out.Info("Status is not needed on Linux")
+		return cmd.Success("")
 	}
 
 	if !cmd.machine.Exists() {
diff --git a/commands/upgrade.go b/commands/upgrade.go
index 4ae3137..547a695 100644
--- a/commands/upgrade.go
+++ b/commands/upgrade.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (cmd *Upgrade) Run(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return cmd.Success(fmt.Sprintf("Machine '%s' has the same Docker version (%s) as your local Docker binary (%s). There is nothing to upgrade. If you wish to upgrade you'll need to install a newer version of the Docker binary before running the upgrade command.", cmd.machine.Name, machineDockerVersion, currentDockerVersion))
 	}
 
-	cmd.out.Channel.Info.Printf("Backing up to prepare for upgrade...")
+	cmd.out.Info("Backing up to prepare for upgrade...")
 	backup := &DataBackup{cmd.BaseCommand}
 	if err := backup.Run(c); err != nil {
 		return err