diff --git a/.changeset/five-badgers-repeat.md b/.changeset/five-badgers-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ce1e8f9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-badgers-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-setup": patch
+---
+
+A summary should be printed.
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-setup/src/setup.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-setup/src/setup.ts
index d07434f007..26f71d89b0 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-setup/src/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-setup/src/setup.ts
@@ -47,22 +47,26 @@ export async function handler (
 async function setupShell (configFile: string, pnpmHomeDir: string) {
   if (!fs.existsSync(configFile)) return `Could not setup pnpm. No ${configFile} found`
   const configContent = await fs.promises.readFile(configFile, 'utf8')
-  if (configContent.includes('PNPM_HOME')) return ''
+  if (configContent.includes('PNPM_HOME')) {
+    return `PNPM_HOME is already in ${configFile}`
+  }
   await fs.promises.writeFile(configFile, `${configContent}
 export PNPM_HOME="${pnpmHomeDir}"
 export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 `, 'utf8')
-  return ''
+  return `Updated ${configFile}`
 }
 
 async function setupFishShell (pnpmHomeDir: string) {
   const configFile = path.join(os.homedir(), '.config/fish/config.fish')
   if (!fs.existsSync(configFile)) return `Could not setup pnpm. No ${configFile} found`
   const configContent = await fs.promises.readFile(configFile, 'utf8')
-  if (configContent.includes('PNPM_HOME')) return ''
+  if (configContent.includes('PNPM_HOME')) {
+    return `PNPM_HOME is already in ${configFile}`
+  }
   await fs.promises.writeFile(configFile, `${configContent}
 set -gx PNPM_HOME "${pnpmHomeDir}"
 set -gx PATH "$PNPM_HOME" $PATH
 `, 'utf8')
-  return ''
+  return `Updated ${configFile}`
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-setup/test/setup.test.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-setup/test/setup.test.ts
index bb2724c9bc..ee87fe3dc3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-setup/test/setup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-setup/test/setup.test.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ test('PNPM_HOME is added to ~/.bashrc', async () => {
   tempDir()
   fs.writeFileSync('.bashrc', '', 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^Updated /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.bashrc', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 export PNPM_HOME="${__dirname}"
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ export PNPM_HOME="pnpm_home"
 export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 `, 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^PNPM_HOME is already in /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.bashrc', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 export PNPM_HOME="pnpm_home"
@@ -50,9 +52,10 @@ test('PNPM_HOME is added to ~/.zshrc', async () => {
   tempDir()
   fs.writeFileSync('.zshrc', '', 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^Updated /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.zshrc', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 export PNPM_HOME="${__dirname}"
@@ -68,9 +71,10 @@ export PNPM_HOME="pnpm_home"
 export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH"
 `, 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^PNPM_HOME is already in /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.zshrc', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 export PNPM_HOME="pnpm_home"
@@ -84,9 +88,10 @@ test('PNPM_HOME is added to ~/.config/fish/config.fish', async () => {
   fs.mkdirSync('.config/fish', { recursive: true })
   fs.writeFileSync('.config/fish/config.fish', '', 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^Updated /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.config/fish/config.fish', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 set -gx PNPM_HOME "${__dirname}"
@@ -103,9 +108,10 @@ set -gx PNPM_HOME "pnpm_home"
 set -gx PATH "$PNPM_HOME" $PATH
 `, 'utf8')
   homedir['mockReturnValue'](process.cwd())
-  await setup.handler({
+  const output = await setup.handler({
     pnpmHomeDir: __dirname,
   })
+  expect(output).toMatch(/^PNPM_HOME is already in /)
   const bashRCContent = fs.readFileSync('.config/fish/config.fish', 'utf8')
   expect(bashRCContent).toEqual(`
 set -gx PNPM_HOME "pnpm_home"