diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 500436e..f6d5f0a 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch (Throwable e) {
-		logError("Error executing command %s:", cmd.name);
 		logError("%s", e.msg);
 		logDebug("Full exception: %s", e.toString().sanitize);
 		return 2;
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/build.d b/source/dub/generators/build.d
index 346cf1e..e0186b4 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/build.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/build.d
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 		// determine basic build properties
 		auto generate_binary = !(buildsettings.options & BuildOption.syntaxOnly);
 
-		logInfo("Building %s %s configuration \"%s\", build type %s.", pack.name, pack.vers, config, settings.buildType);
+		logInfo("Building %s %s configuration \"%s\", build \"%s\"...", pack.name, pack.vers, config, settings.buildType);
 
 		if( buildsettings.preBuildCommands.length ){
 			logInfo("Running pre-build commands...");
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 			runCommands(buildsettings.preBuildCommands);
 		}
 
-		logInfo("Building configuration "~config~", build type "~settings.buildType);
+		logInfo("Building configuration \""~config~"\", build \""~settings.buildType ~ "\"...");
 
 		logInfo("Running rdmd...");
 		logDiagnostic("rdmd %s", join(flags, " "));
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 			f = fp.toNativeString();
 		}
 
-		logInfo("Building configuration \""~config~"\", build type "~settings.buildType);
+		logInfo("Building configuration \""~config~"\", build \""~settings.buildType ~ "\"...");
 
 		// make all target/import paths relative
 		string makeRelative(string path) { auto p = Path(path); if (p.absolute) p = p.relativeTo(cwd); return p.toNativeString(); }
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 
 		Path target_file;
 		scope (failure) {
-			logInfo("FAIL %s %s %s" , buildsettings.targetPath, buildsettings.targetName, buildsettings.targetType);
+			logDiagnostic("FAIL %s %s %s" , buildsettings.targetPath, buildsettings.targetName, buildsettings.targetType);
 			auto tpath = Path(buildsettings.targetPath) ~ getTargetFileName(buildsettings, settings.platform);
 			if (generate_binary && existsFile(tpath))
 				removeFile(tpath);
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@
 			auto lbuildsettings = buildsettings;
 			auto srcs = buildsettings.sourceFiles.filter!(f => !isLinkerFile(f));
 			auto objs = new string[](srcs.walkLength);
-			logInfo("Compiling using %s...", settings.platform.compilerBinary);
 
 			void compileSource(size_t i, string src) {
 				logInfo("Compiling %s...", src);
@@ -422,7 +421,6 @@
 			if (is_static_library) buildsettings.sourceFiles = buildsettings.sourceFiles.filter!(f => !f.isLinkerFile()).array;
 
 			// invoke the compiler
-			logInfo("Running %s...", settings.platform.compilerBinary);
 			settings.compiler.invoke(buildsettings, settings.platform, settings.compileCallback);
 		} else {
 			// determine path for the temporary object file
@@ -442,7 +440,6 @@
 			buildsettings.sourceFiles = buildsettings.sourceFiles.filter!(f => !isLinkerFile(f)).array;
 			settings.compiler.prepareBuildSettings(buildsettings, BuildSetting.commandLine);
 
-			logInfo("Compiling using %s...", settings.platform.compilerBinary);
 			settings.compiler.invoke(buildsettings, settings.platform, settings.compileCallback);
 
 			logInfo("Linking...");
diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index cfec31d..86c4079 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 		logDebug("About to generate projects for %s, with %s direct dependencies.", m_project.rootPackage.name, m_project.rootPackage.dependencies.length);
 		generateProjectFiles(settings, targets);
 		generateSolutionFile(settings, targets);
-		logInfo("VisualD project generated.");
 	}
 
 	private {
@@ -125,6 +124,8 @@
 			scope(exit) sln.close();
 			sln.put(ret.data);
 			sln.flush();
+
+			logInfo("Solution '%s' generated.", solutionFileName());
 		}