diff --git a/cinderclient/v1/shell.py b/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
index 63aa19eb2..53e157ff2 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ def do_delete(cs, args):
     for volume in args.volume:
         try:
             utils.find_volume(cs, volume).delete()
+            print("Request to delete volume %s has been accepted." % (volume))
         except Exception as e:
             failure_count += 1
             print("Delete for volume %s failed: %s" % (volume, e))
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index a85d77fe5..841a1d3f6 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ def do_delete(cs, args):
     for volume in args.volume:
         try:
             utils.find_volume(cs, volume).delete()
+            print("Request to delete volume %s has been accepted." % (volume))
         except Exception as e:
             failure_count += 1
             print("Delete for volume %s failed: %s" % (volume, e))