diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/log_timer.py b/python/ray/autoscaler/log_timer.py
index 2ad9dc18e..dc7b7950c 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/log_timer.py
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/log_timer.py
@@ -5,13 +5,19 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class LogTimer:
-    def __init__(self, message):
+    def __init__(self, message, show_status=False):
         self._message = message
+        self._show_status = show_status
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self._start_time = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
 
-    def __exit__(self, *_):
+    def __exit__(self, *error_vals):
         td = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - self._start_time
-        logger.info(self._message +
-                    " [LogTimer={:.0f}ms]".format(td.total_seconds() * 1000))
+        status = ""
+        if self._show_status:
+            status = "failed" if any(error_vals) else "succeeded"
+        logger.info(" ".join([
+            self._message, status,
+            "[LogTimer={:.0f}ms]".format(td.total_seconds() * 1000)
+        ]))
diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/updater.py b/python/ray/autoscaler/updater.py
index 1ecf11363..026b6c905 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/updater.py
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/updater.py
@@ -423,16 +423,19 @@ class NodeUpdater:
             # Run init commands
             self.provider.set_node_tags(
                 self.node_id, {TAG_RAY_NODE_STATUS: STATUS_SETTING_UP})
-            with LogTimer(self.log_prefix +
-                          "Initialization commands completed"):
+            with LogTimer(
+                    self.log_prefix + "Initialization commands",
+                    show_status=True):
                 for cmd in self.initialization_commands:
                     self.cmd_runner.run(cmd)
 
-            with LogTimer(self.log_prefix + "Setup commands completed"):
+            with LogTimer(
+                    self.log_prefix + "Setup commands", show_status=True):
                 for cmd in self.setup_commands:
                     self.cmd_runner.run(cmd)
 
-        with LogTimer(self.log_prefix + "Ray start commands completed"):
+        with LogTimer(
+                self.log_prefix + "Ray start commands", show_status=True):
             for cmd in self.ray_start_commands:
                 self.cmd_runner.run(cmd)