diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 2ad5ab70acc3..33f7259fc588 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func showKubectlConnectInfo(kubeconfig *pkgutil.KubeConfigSetup) {
 	if kubeconfig.KeepContext {
 		console.OutStyle("kubectl", "To connect to this cluster, use: kubectl --context=%s", kubeconfig.ClusterName)
 	} else {
-		console.OutStyle("kubectl", "Done! kubectl is now configured to use %q", cfg.GetMachineName())
+		console.OutStyle("ready", "Done! kubectl is now configured to use %q", cfg.GetMachineName())
 	}
 	_, err := exec.LookPath("kubectl")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ func bootstrapCluster(bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, r cruntime.Manager, runner b
 func validateCluster(bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, r cruntime.Manager, runner bootstrapper.CommandRunner, ip string, apiserverPort int) {
 	k8sStat := func() (err error) {
 		st, err := bs.GetKubeletStatus()
-		console.Out(".")
 		if err != nil || st != state.Running.String() {
 			return &pkgutil.RetriableError{Err: fmt.Errorf("kubelet unhealthy: %v: %s", err, st)}
 		}
@@ -602,7 +601,6 @@ func validateCluster(bs bootstrapper.Bootstrapper, r cruntime.Manager, runner bo
 	}
 	aStat := func() (err error) {
 		st, err := bs.GetAPIServerStatus(net.ParseIP(ip), apiserverPort)
-		console.Out(".")
 		if err != nil || st != state.Running.String() {
 			return &pkgutil.RetriableError{Err: fmt.Errorf("apiserver status=%s err=%v", st, err)}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
index 5c5635fa37c7..e136c91ea33d 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/kubeadm/kubeadm.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (k *Bootstrapper) StartCluster(k8s config.KubernetesConfig) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "wait")
 	}
 
-	console.OutStyle("permissions", "Configuring cluster permissions ...")
+	glog.Infof("Configuring cluster permissions ...")
 	if err := util.RetryAfter(100, elevateKubeSystemPrivileges, time.Millisecond*500); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "timed out waiting to elevate kube-system RBAC privileges")
 	}