diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Commands/RecipesCommands.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Commands/RecipesCommands.cs
index c0a9589da..28c5292e7 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Commands/RecipesCommands.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Commands/RecipesCommands.cs
@@ -12,25 +12,31 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Commands {
         private readonly IRecipeHarvester _recipeHarvester;
         private readonly IRecipeManager _recipeManager;
         private readonly IExtensionManager _extensionManager;
+        private readonly IRecipeResultAccessor _recipeResultAccessor;
 
-        public RecipesCommands(IRecipeHarvester recipeHarvester, IRecipeManager recipeManager, IExtensionManager extensionManager) {
+        public RecipesCommands(
+            IRecipeHarvester recipeHarvester,
+            IRecipeManager recipeManager,
+            IExtensionManager extensionManager,
+            IRecipeResultAccessor recipeResultAccessor) {
             _recipeHarvester = recipeHarvester;
             _recipeManager = recipeManager;
             _extensionManager = extensionManager;
+            _recipeResultAccessor = recipeResultAccessor;
         }
 
-        [CommandHelp("recipes harvest <extension-id>\r\n\t" + "Display list of available recipes for an extension")]
+        [CommandHelp("recipes harvest <extensionId>\r\n\t" + "Displays a list of available recipes for a specific extension.")]
         [CommandName("recipes harvest")]
-        public void HarvestRecipes(string extensionId) {
-            ExtensionDescriptor extensionDescriptor = _extensionManager.GetExtension(extensionId);
+        public void Harvest(string extensionId) {
+            var extensionDescriptor = _extensionManager.GetExtension(extensionId);
             if (extensionDescriptor == null) {
-                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Could not discover recipes because module '{0}' was not found.", extensionId));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Could not discover recipes because extension '{0}' was not found.", extensionId));
                 return;            
             }
 
-            IEnumerable<Recipe> recipes = _recipeHarvester.HarvestRecipes(extensionId);
+            var recipes = _recipeHarvester.HarvestRecipes(extensionId);
             if (recipes.Count() == 0) {
-                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("No recipes found for extension {0}.", extensionId));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("No recipes found for extension '{0}'.", extensionId));
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -38,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Commands {
             Context.Output.WriteLine(T("--------------------------"));
             Context.Output.WriteLine();
 
-            foreach (Recipe recipe in recipes) {
+            foreach (var recipe in recipes) {
                 Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Recipe: {0}", recipe.Name));
                 Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Version:     {0}", recipe.Version));
                 Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Tags:        {0}", recipe.Tags));
@@ -48,29 +54,49 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Commands {
             }
         }
 
-        [CommandHelp("recipes execute <extension-id> <recipe-name>\r\n\t" + "Executes a recipe from a module")]
+        [CommandHelp("recipes execute <extensionId> <recipe>\r\n\t" + "Executes a specific recipe for a specific extension.")]
         [CommandName("recipes execute")]
-        public void ExecuteRecipe(string extensionId, string recipeName) {
-            ExtensionDescriptor extensionDescriptor = _extensionManager.GetExtension(extensionId);
+        public void Execute(string extensionId, string recipeName) {
+            var extensionDescriptor = _extensionManager.GetExtension(extensionId);
             if (extensionDescriptor == null) {
-                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Could not discover recipes because module '{0}' was not found.", extensionId));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Could not discover recipes because extension '{0}' was not found.", extensionId));
                 return;
             }
 
-            IEnumerable<Recipe> recipes = _recipeHarvester.HarvestRecipes(extensionId);
-            if (recipes.Count() == 0) {
-                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("No recipes found for extension {0}.", extensionId));
+            var recipes = _recipeHarvester.HarvestRecipes(extensionId);
+            if (!recipes.Any()) {
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("No recipes found for extension '{0}'.", extensionId));
                 return;
             }
 
-            Recipe recipe = recipes.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Name.Equals(recipeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+            var recipe = recipes.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Name.Equals(recipeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
             if (recipe == null) {
-                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Invalid recipe name {0}.", recipeName));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("No recipe with name '{0}' was found in extension '{1}'.", recipeName, extensionId));
                 return;
             }
 
-            _recipeManager.Execute(recipe);
-            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Recipe scheduled for execution successfully.").Text);
+            var executionId = _recipeManager.Execute(recipe);
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Recipe successfully scheduled with execution ID {0}. Use the 'recipes result' command to check the result of the execution.", executionId).Text);
+        }
+
+        [CommandHelp("recipes result <executionId>\r\n\t" + "Prints the status/result of a specific recipe execution.")]
+        [CommandName("recipes result")]
+        public void Result(string executionId) {
+            var result = _recipeResultAccessor.GetResult(executionId);
+
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Result of recipe execution:"));
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("---------------------------"));
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Execution ID: {0}", executionId));
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Completed:    {0}", result.IsCompleted));
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Successful:   {0}", result.IsSuccessful));
+
+            foreach (var step in result.Steps) {
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("  Step: {0}", step.StepName));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("    Completed:     {0}", step.IsCompleted));
+                Context.Output.WriteLine(T("    Successful:    {0}", step.IsSuccessful));
+                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(step.ErrorMessage))
+                    Context.Output.WriteLine(T("    Error message: {0}", step.ErrorMessage));
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Commands/SetupCommand.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Commands/SetupCommand.cs
index c0c139b14..e56c2cd61 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Commands/SetupCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Commands/SetupCommand.cs
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Commands {
         [CommandHelp("setup /SiteName:<siteName> /AdminUsername:<username> /AdminPassword:<password> /DatabaseProvider:<SqlCe|SQLServer|MySql|PostgreSql> " + 
             "/DatabaseConnectionString:<connection_string> /DatabaseTablePrefix:<table_prefix> /EnabledFeatures:<feature1,feature2,...> " +
             "/Recipe:<recipe>" + 
-            "\r\n\tRun first time setup for the site or for a given tenant")]
+            "\r\n\tRuns first time setup for the site or for a given tenant.")]
         [CommandName("setup")]
         [OrchardSwitches("SiteName,AdminUsername,AdminPassword,DatabaseProvider,DatabaseConnectionString,DatabaseTablePrefix,EnabledFeatures,Recipe")]
         public void Setup() {
             IEnumerable<string> enabledFeatures = null;
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(EnabledFeatures)) {
+            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(EnabledFeatures)) {
                 enabledFeatures = EnabledFeatures
                     .Split(',')
                     .Select(s => s.Trim())
-                    .Where(s => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(s));
+                    .Where(s => !String.IsNullOrEmpty(s));
             }
             Recipe = String.IsNullOrEmpty(Recipe) ? "Default" : Recipe;
 
@@ -63,13 +63,9 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Commands {
                 Recipe = Recipe,
             };
 
-            _setupService.Setup(setupContext);
+            var executionId = _setupService.Setup(setupContext);
 
-            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Site \"{0}\" successfully setup to run data provider \"{1}\" (with table prefix \"{2}\") and configured by recipe \"{3}\"",
-                setupContext.SiteName,
-                setupContext.DatabaseProvider,
-                setupContext.DatabaseTablePrefix,
-                setupContext.Recipe));
+            Context.Output.WriteLine(T("Setup of site '{0}' was started with recipe execution ID {1}. Use the 'recipes result' command to check the result of the execution.", setupContext.SiteName, executionId));
         }
     }
 }