diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index 7bec45370..68168d4d6 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ module Vagrant
     # This upgrades a home directory that was in the v1.1 format to the
     # v1.5 format. It will raise exceptions if anything fails.
     def upgrade_home_path_v1_1
+      @ui.output(I18n.t("vagrant.upgrading_home_path_v1_5"))
       collection = BoxCollection.new(
         @home_path.join("boxes"), temp_dir_root: tmp_path)
       collection.upgrade_v1_1_v1_5
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index e12c86c5b..e225ab0e0 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ en:
       Error! Your console doesn't support hiding input. We'll ask for
       input again below, but we WILL NOT be able to hide input. If this
       is a problem for you, ctrl-C to exit and fix your stdin.
+    upgrading_home_path_v1_5: |-
+      Vagrant is upgrading some internal state for the latest version.
+      Please do not quit Vagrant at this time. While upgrading, Vagrant
+      will need to copy all your boxes, so it will use a considerable
+      amount of disk space. After it is done upgrading, the temporary disk
+      space will be freed.
 
     cfengine_config:
       classes_array: |-