diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index 4922db4fd4..1864d05930 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -120,7 +120,15 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	c.Ui.Output(FormatState(state, c.Colorize()))
+	c.Ui.Output(c.Colorize().Color(fmt.Sprintf(
+		"[reset][bold][green]\n"+
+			"Apply succeeded! Infrastructure created and/or updated.\n"+
+			"The state of your infrastructure has been saved to the path\n"+
+			"below. This state is required to modify and destroy your\n"+
+			"infrastructure, so keep it safe. To inspect the complete state\n"+
+			"use the `terraform show` command.\n\n"+
+			"State path: %s",
+		stateOutPath)))
 
 	return 0
 }
diff --git a/command/format_state.go b/command/format_state.go
index 59f02e5901..e05eadb505 100644
--- a/command/format_state.go
+++ b/command/format_state.go
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ func FormatState(s *terraform.State, c *colorstring.Colorize) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return strings.TrimSpace(buf.String())
+	return strings.TrimSpace(c.Color(buf.String()))
 }