diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/start.go b/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
index a5ba745998..4ae31e6def 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 package machine
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine/qemu"
@@ -58,5 +60,9 @@ func start(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return vm.Start(vmName, machine.StartOptions{})
+	if err := vm.Start(vmName, machine.StartOptions{}); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Machine %q started successfully\n", vmName)
+	return nil
 }