diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
index ff796d82d..44dc0654a 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add.rb
@@ -168,12 +168,15 @@ module Vagrant
             url               = url[0]
           end
 
+          display_original_url = Util::CredentialScrubber.scrub(Array(original_url).first)
+          display_url = Util::CredentialScrubber.scrub(url)
+
           env[:ui].output(I18n.t(
             "vagrant.box_loading_metadata",
-            name: Array(original_url).first))
+            name: display_original_url))
           if original_url != url
             env[:ui].detail(I18n.t(
-              "vagrant.box_expanding_url", url: url))
+              "vagrant.box_expanding_url", url: display_url))
           end
 
           metadata = nil
@@ -189,8 +192,8 @@ module Vagrant
             raise if !expanded
             raise Errors::BoxAddShortNotFound,
               error: e.extra_data[:message],
-              name: original_url,
-              url: url
+              name: display_original_url,
+              url: display_url
           ensure
             metadata_path.delete if metadata_path && metadata_path.file?
           end
@@ -208,12 +211,12 @@ module Vagrant
               raise Errors::BoxAddNoMatchingProvider,
                 name: metadata.name,
                 requested: provider,
-                url: url
+                url: display_url
             else
               raise Errors::BoxAddNoMatchingVersion,
                 constraints: version || ">= 0",
                 name: metadata.name,
-                url: url,
+                url: display_url,
                 versions: metadata.versions.join(", ")
             end
           end
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ module Vagrant
               raise "Bad box authentication hook, did not generate proper results."
             end
             provider_url = authed_urls[0]
-        end
+          end
 
           box_add(
             [[provider_url, metadata_provider.url]],
@@ -429,6 +432,7 @@ module Vagrant
           if opts[:ui]
             show_url = opts[:show_url]
             show_url ||= url
+            display_url = Util::CredentialScrubber.scrub(show_url)
 
             translation = "vagrant.box_downloading"
 
@@ -439,7 +443,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
             env[:ui].detail(I18n.t(
               translation,
-              url: show_url))
+              url: display_url))
             if File.file?(d.destination)
               env[:ui].info(I18n.t("vagrant.actions.box.download.resuming"))
             end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util.rb b/lib/vagrant/util.rb
index 07f3b1802..9f86db5a1 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module Vagrant
   module Util
     autoload :Busy,                      'vagrant/util/busy'
     autoload :Counter,                   'vagrant/util/counter'
+    autoload :CredentialScrubber,        'vagrant/util/credential_scrubber'
     autoload :Env,                       'vagrant/util/env'
     autoload :HashWithIndifferentAccess, 'vagrant/util/hash_with_indifferent_access'
     autoload :Platform,                  'vagrant/util/platform'
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/credential_scrubber.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/credential_scrubber.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9498ddf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/credential_scrubber.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module Vagrant
+  module Util
+    # Utility class to remove credential information from strings
+    class CredentialScrubber
+      # String used to replace credential information
+      REPLACEMENT_TEXT = "*****".freeze
+
+      # Attempt to remove detected credentials from string
+      #
+      # @param [String] string
+      # @return [String]
+      def self.scrub(string)
+        string = url_scrubber(string)
+      end
+
+      # Detect URLs and remove any embedded credentials
+      #
+      # @param [String] string
+      # @return [String]
+      def self.url_scrubber(string)
+        string.gsub(%r{(ftp|https?)://[^\s]+@[^\s]+}) do |address|
+          uri = URI.parse(address)
+          uri.user = uri.password = REPLACEMENT_TEXT
+          uri.to_s
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add_test.rb
index c1409a558..a1f966d4b 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/action/builtin/box_add_test.rb
@@ -279,6 +279,33 @@ describe Vagrant::Action::Builtin::BoxAdd, :skip_windows do
 
       subject.call(env)
     end
+
+    context "with URL containing credentials" do
+      let(:username){ "box-username" }
+      let(:password){ "box-password" }
+
+      it "scrubs credentials in output" do
+        box_path = iso_env.box2_file(:virtualbox)
+        with_web_server(box_path) do |port|
+          env[:box_name] = "foo"
+          env[:box_url] = "http://#{username}:#{password}@127.0.0.1:#{port}/#{box_path.basename}"
+
+          expect(box_collection).to receive(:add).with { |path, name, version, **opts|
+            expect(checksum(path)).to eq(checksum(box_path))
+            expect(name).to eq("foo")
+            expect(version).to eq("0")
+            expect(opts[:metadata_url]).to be_nil
+            true
+          }.and_return(box)
+
+          allow(env[:ui]).to receive(:detail)
+          expect(env[:ui]).to receive(:detail).with(%r{.*http://(?!#{username}).+?:(?!#{password}).+?@127\.0\.0\.1:#{port}/#{box_path.basename}.*})
+          expect(app).to receive(:call).with(env)
+
+          subject.call(env)
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "with box metadata" do