diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
index d66163af1..0ac65dbe4 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_init.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/ui/termstatus"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ Exit status is 1 if there was any error.
 		GroupID:           cmdGroupDefault,
 		DisableAutoGenTag: true,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runInit(cmd.Context(), opts, globalOptions, args)
+			term, cancel := setupTermstatus()
+			defer cancel()
+			return runInit(cmd.Context(), opts, globalOptions, args, term)
 		},
 	}
 	opts.AddFlags(cmd.Flags())
@@ -53,11 +56,13 @@ func (opts *InitOptions) AddFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	f.StringVar(&opts.RepositoryVersion, "repository-version", "stable", "repository format version to use, allowed values are a format version, 'latest' and 'stable'")
 }
 
-func runInit(ctx context.Context, opts InitOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string) error {
+func runInit(ctx context.Context, opts InitOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []string, term *termstatus.Terminal) error {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		return errors.Fatal("the init command expects no arguments, only options - please see `restic help init` for usage and flags")
 	}
 
+	printer := newTerminalProgressPrinter(gopts.JSON, gopts.verbosity, term)
+
 	var version uint
 	if opts.RepositoryVersion == "latest" || opts.RepositoryVersion == "" {
 		version = restic.MaxRepoVersion
@@ -110,16 +115,14 @@ func runInit(ctx context.Context, opts InitOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, args []
 	}
 
 	if !gopts.JSON {
-		Verbosef("created restic repository %v at %s", s.Config().ID[:10], location.StripPassword(gopts.backends, gopts.Repo))
+		printer.P("created restic repository %v at %s", s.Config().ID[:10], location.StripPassword(gopts.backends, gopts.Repo))
 		if opts.CopyChunkerParameters && chunkerPolynomial != nil {
-			Verbosef(" with chunker parameters copied from secondary repository\n")
-		} else {
-			Verbosef("\n")
+			printer.P(" with chunker parameters copied from secondary repository")
 		}
-		Verbosef("\n")
-		Verbosef("Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access\n")
-		Verbosef("the repository. Losing your password means that your data is\n")
-		Verbosef("irrecoverably lost.\n")
+		printer.P("")
+		printer.P("Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access")
+		printer.P("the repository. Losing your password means that your data is")
+		printer.P("irrecoverably lost.")
 
 	} else {
 		status := initSuccess{
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_init_integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_init_integration_test.go
index 4795d5510..3d4fddcf6 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_init_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_init_integration_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/repository"
 	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
 	rtest "github.com/restic/restic/internal/test"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/ui/termstatus"
 )
 
 func testRunInit(t testing.TB, opts GlobalOptions) {
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ func testRunInit(t testing.TB, opts GlobalOptions) {
 	restic.TestDisableCheckPolynomial(t)
 	restic.TestSetLockTimeout(t, 0)
 
-	rtest.OK(t, runInit(context.TODO(), InitOptions{}, opts, nil))
+	err := withTermStatus(opts, func(ctx context.Context, term *termstatus.Terminal) error {
+		return runInit(ctx, InitOptions{}, opts, nil, term)
+	})
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
 	t.Logf("repository initialized at %v", opts.Repo)
 
 	// create temporary junk files to verify that restic does not trip over them
@@ -39,10 +43,16 @@ func TestInitCopyChunkerParams(t *testing.T) {
 			password: env2.gopts.password,
 		},
 	}
-	rtest.Assert(t, runInit(context.TODO(), initOpts, env.gopts, nil) != nil, "expected invalid init options to fail")
+	err := withTermStatus(env.gopts, func(ctx context.Context, term *termstatus.Terminal) error {
+		return runInit(ctx, initOpts, env.gopts, nil, term)
+	})
+	rtest.Assert(t, err != nil, "expected invalid init options to fail")
 
 	initOpts.CopyChunkerParameters = true
-	rtest.OK(t, runInit(context.TODO(), initOpts, env.gopts, nil))
+	err = withTermStatus(env.gopts, func(ctx context.Context, term *termstatus.Terminal) error {
+		return runInit(ctx, initOpts, env.gopts, nil, term)
+	})
+	rtest.OK(t, err)
 
 	repo, err := OpenRepository(context.TODO(), env.gopts)
 	rtest.OK(t, err)