diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index b5d1ab286..402d84363 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ systemctl_func() {
 
 	echo ""
 	echo "${echo_action^}ing $service_name service at $(date +"%T.%6N")"
-    systemctl $action $service_name && echo "Successfully ${echo_action}ed $service_name." || echo "Failed to $action $service_name."
+    systemctl $action $service_name && echo "Successfully ${echo_action}ed $service_name at $(date +"%T.%6N")." || echo "Failed to $action $service_name at $(date +"%T.%6N")."
 	echo ""
 }
 
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index 751621647..f5b40310e 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ main() {
     enable_highstate
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Running a highstate. This could take several minutes."
+    echo "Running a highstate at $(date +"%T.%6N"). This could take several minutes."
     set +e
     wait_for_salt_minion_with_restart || fail "Salt minion was not running or ready."
     highstate
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ main() {
 
     check_saltmaster_status
 
-    echo "Running a highstate to complete the Security Onion upgrade on this manager. This could take several minutes."
+    echo "Running a highstate at $(date +"%T.%6N") to complete the Security Onion upgrade on this manager. This could take several minutes."
     wait_for_salt_minion_with_restart || fail "Salt minion was not running or ready."
 
     # Stop long-running scripts to allow potentially updated scripts to load on the next execution.