diff --git a/react-native-cli/index.js b/react-native-cli/index.js
index 5b9235680163..65eeed717110 100755
--- a/react-native-cli/index.js
+++ b/react-native-cli/index.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ if (cli) {
       );
       process.exit(1);
     } else {
+      if(!argv.verbose) console.log('This may take some time...');
       init(commands[1], argv.verbose, argv.version);
     }
     break;