diff --git a/src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php b/src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php
--- a/src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/config/management/PhabricatorConfigManagementSetWorkflow.php
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@
   }
 
   public function execute(PhutilArgumentParser $args) {
-    $console = PhutilConsole::getConsole();
     $argv = $args->getArg('args');
-    if (count($argv) == 0) {
+    if (!$argv) {
       throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
-        pht('Specify a configuration key and a value to set it to.'));
+        pht('Specify the configuration key you want to set.'));
     }
 
     $is_stdin = $args->getArg('stdin');
@@ -45,7 +44,8 @@
       if (count($argv) > 1) {
         throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
           pht(
-            'Too many arguments: expected only a key when using "--stdin".'));
+            'Too many arguments: expected only a configuration key when '.
+            'using "--stdin".'));
       }
 
       fprintf(STDERR, tsprintf("%s\n", pht('Reading value from stdin...')));
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
       if (count($argv) == 1) {
         throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
           pht(
-            "Specify a value to set the key '%s' to.",
+            'Specify a value to set the configuration key "%s" to, or '.
+            'use "--stdin" to read a value from stdin.',
             $key));
       }
 
@@ -67,14 +68,13 @@
       $value = $argv[1];
     }
 
-
     $options = PhabricatorApplicationConfigOptions::loadAllOptions();
     if (empty($options[$key])) {
       throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
         pht(
-          "No such configuration key '%s'! Use `%s` to list all keys.",
-          $key,
-          'config list'));
+          'Configuration key "%s" is unknown. Use "bin/config list" to list '.
+          'all known keys.',
+          $key));
     }
 
     $option = $options[$key];
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
             switch ($type) {
               default:
                 $message = pht(
-                  'Config key "%s" is of type "%s". Specify it in JSON.',
+                  'Configuration key "%s" is of type "%s". Specify it in JSON.',
                   $key,
                   $type);
                 break;
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
     }
 
     if ($use_database) {
-      $config_type = 'database';
       $config_entry = PhabricatorConfigEntry::loadConfigEntry($key);
       $config_entry->setValue($value);
 
@@ -136,15 +135,28 @@
       $config_entry->setIsDeleted(0);
 
       $config_entry->save();
+
+      $write_message = pht(
+        'Wrote configuration key "%s" to database storage.',
+        $key);
     } else {
-      $config_type = 'local';
-      id(new PhabricatorConfigLocalSource())
+      $config_source = id(new PhabricatorConfigLocalSource())
         ->setKeys(array($key => $value));
+
+      $local_path = $config_source->getReadablePath();
+
+      $write_message = pht(
+        'Wrote configuration key "%s" to local storage (in file "%s").',
+        $key,
+        $local_path);
     }
 
-    $console->writeOut(
-      "%s\n",
-      pht("Set '%s' in %s configuration.", $key, $config_type));
+    echo tsprintf(
+      "<bg:green>** %s **</bg> %s\n",
+      pht('DONE'),
+      $write_message);
+
+    return 0;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/env/PhabricatorConfigLocalSource.php b/src/infrastructure/env/PhabricatorConfigLocalSource.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/env/PhabricatorConfigLocalSource.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/env/PhabricatorConfigLocalSource.php
@@ -65,4 +65,9 @@
     return $path;
   }
 
+  public function getReadablePath() {
+    $path = $this->getConfigPath();
+    return Filesystem::readablePath($path);
+  }
+
 }