diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
index 195c577f9..42c221dbb 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_create_tags.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/awserr"
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateTags) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			ui.Error(err.Error())
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
+		ReportTags(ui, amiTags)
 
 		ui.Say("Creating snapshot tags")
 		snapshotTags, err := ConvertToEC2Tags(s.SnapshotTags, *ec2conn.Config.Region, sourceAMI, s.Ctx)
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateTags) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 			ui.Error(err.Error())
 			return multistep.ActionHalt
 		}
+		ReportTags(ui, snapshotTags)
 
 		// Retry creating tags for about 2.5 minutes
 		err = retry.Retry(0.2, 30, 11, func() (bool, error) {
@@ -150,6 +151,13 @@ func (s *StepCreateTags) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 	// No cleanup...
 }
 
+func ReportTags(ui packer.Ui, tags []*ec2.Tag) {
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"",
+			aws.StringValue(tag.Key), aws.StringValue(tag.Value)))
+	}
+}
+
 func ConvertToEC2Tags(tags map[string]string, region, sourceAmiId string, ctx interpolate.Context) ([]*ec2.Tag, error) {
 	var ec2Tags []*ec2.Tag
 	for key, value := range tags {
@@ -163,7 +171,6 @@ func ConvertToEC2Tags(tags map[string]string, region, sourceAmiId string, ctx in
 			return ec2Tags, fmt.Errorf("Error processing tag: %s:%s - %s", key, value, err)
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("Adding tag: \"%s\": \"%s\"", key, interpolatedValue)
 		ec2Tags = append(ec2Tags, &ec2.Tag{
 			Key:   aws.String(key),
 			Value: aws.String(interpolatedValue),
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
index 040cb351c..8ac837875 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_run_source_instance.go
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ func (s *StepRunSourceInstance) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepActi
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
+	ReportTags(ui, ec2Tags)
+
 	_, err = ec2conn.CreateTags(&ec2.CreateTagsInput{
 		Tags:      ec2Tags,
 		Resources: []*string{instance.InstanceId},
diff --git a/builder/amazon/common/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go b/builder/amazon/common/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
index 9a912600a..4d9c5d66a 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/common/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/common/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func (s *StepTagEBSVolumes) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
+	ReportTags(ui, tags)
+
 	_, err = ec2conn.CreateTags(&ec2.CreateTagsInput{
 		Resources: volumeIds,
 		Tags:      tags,
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
index ba6c9ccfa..48d373ba1 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebsvolume/step_tag_ebs_volumes.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func (s *stepTagEBSVolumes) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 				ui.Error(err.Error())
 				return multistep.ActionHalt
 			}
+			awscommon.ReportTags(ui, tags)
 
 			for _, v := range instance.BlockDeviceMappings {
 				if *v.DeviceName == mapping.DeviceName {