diff --git a/code/core/src/bin/core.ts b/code/core/src/bin/core.ts
index ae0d841dc771..ee757dfd7356 100644
--- a/code/core/src/bin/core.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/bin/core.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ addToGlobalContext('cliVersion', version);
 
 const handleCommandFailure = async (logFilePath: string | boolean): Promise<never> => {
   const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(logFilePath);
-  logger.log(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+  logger.log(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
   logger.outro('Storybook exited with an error');
   process.exit(1);
 };
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const command = (name: string) =>
     .hook('postAction', async (command) => {
       if (logTracker.shouldWriteLogsToFile) {
         const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(command.getOptionValue('logfile'));
-        logger.outro(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+        logger.outro(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/code/core/src/node-logger/logger/log-tracker.ts b/code/core/src/node-logger/logger/log-tracker.ts
index 457625db7f3c..ca261b08b132 100644
--- a/code/core/src/node-logger/logger/log-tracker.ts
+++ b/code/core/src/node-logger/logger/log-tracker.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
-import path, { join } from 'node:path';
-
-import { isCI } from 'storybook/internal/common';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 import type { LogLevel } from './logger';
 
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ class LogTracker {
     await fs.writeFile(logFilePath, logContent, 'utf-8');
     this.#logs = [];
 
-    return isCI() ? logFilePath : path.relative(process.cwd(), logFilePath);
+    return logFilePath;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/bin/run.ts b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/bin/run.ts
index 89abf3e55411..b41966710057 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/bin/run.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli-storybook/src/bin/run.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const handleCommandFailure =
     }
 
     const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(logFilePath);
-    logger.log(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+    logger.log(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
     logger.outro('');
     process.exit(1);
   };
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const command = (name: string) =>
     .hook('postAction', async ({ getOptionValue }) => {
       if (logTracker.shouldWriteLogsToFile) {
         const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(getOptionValue('logfile'));
-        logger.log(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+        logger.log(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
         logger.outro(CLI_COLORS.success('Done!'));
       }
     });
diff --git a/code/lib/create-storybook/src/commands/FinalizationCommand.ts b/code/lib/create-storybook/src/commands/FinalizationCommand.ts
index b7fe8efe9b1c..7d3f3aac832c 100644
--- a/code/lib/create-storybook/src/commands/FinalizationCommand.ts
+++ b/code/lib/create-storybook/src/commands/FinalizationCommand.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,13 @@ export class FinalizationCommand {
   }
 
   private async printFailureMessage(storybookCommand?: string | null): Promise<void> {
-    logger.warn('Storybook setup completed, but some non-blocking errors occurred.');
+    logger.warn(
+      'Storybook setup completed, but some non-blocking errors occurred. Please check the log file below for details.'
+    );
     this.printNextSteps(storybookCommand);
 
     const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(this.logfile);
-    logger.warn(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+    logger.warn(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
   }
 
   /** Print success message with feature summary */
diff --git a/code/lib/create-storybook/src/initiate.ts b/code/lib/create-storybook/src/initiate.ts
index 368c7e738ae7..6bbc5b1145f0 100644
--- a/code/lib/create-storybook/src/initiate.ts
+++ b/code/lib/create-storybook/src/initiate.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export async function doInitiate(options: CommandOptions): Promise<
 const handleCommandFailure = async (logFilePath: string | boolean | undefined): Promise<never> => {
   const logFile = await logTracker.writeToFile(logFilePath);
   logger.error('Storybook encountered an error during initialization');
-  logger.log(`Storybook debug logs can be found at: ${logFile}`);
+  logger.log(`Debug logs are written to: ${logFile}`);
   logger.outro('Storybook exited with an error');
   process.exit(1);
 };