diff --git a/lib/functions/plugins.bash b/lib/functions/plugins.bash
index e38d4e61c..3b36ddd9c 100644
--- a/lib/functions/plugins.bash
+++ b/lib/functions/plugins.bash
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ update_plugin() {
   local prev_ref=
   local post_ref=
   {
+    printf "Location of %s plugin: %s\n" "$plugin_name" "$plugin_path"
     asdf_run_hook "pre_asdf_plugin_update" "$plugin_name"
     asdf_run_hook "pre_asdf_plugin_update_${plugin_name}"
 
diff --git a/test/plugin_update_command.bats b/test/plugin_update_command.bats
index e8ce1b0fa..9bde04c8f 100644
--- a/test/plugin_update_command.bats
+++ b/test/plugin_update_command.bats
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ EOM
   new_ref="$(git --git-dir "$plugin_path/.git" --work-tree "$plugin_path" rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
   local expected_output="plugin updated path=${plugin_path} old git-ref=${old_ref} new git-ref=${new_ref}"
-  [[ "$output" = "UPDATE dummy"*"${expected_output}" ]]
+  [[ "$output" = *"UPDATE dummy"*"${expected_output}" ]]
 }
 
 @test "asdf plugin-update executes configured pre hook (specific)" {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ EOM
   new_ref="$(git --git-dir "$plugin_path/.git" --work-tree "$plugin_path" rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
   local expected_output="plugin updated path=${plugin_path} old git-ref=${old_ref} new git-ref=${new_ref}"
-  [[ "$output" = "UPDATE"*"${expected_output}" ]]
+  [[ "$output" = *"UPDATE"*"${expected_output}" ]]
 }
 
 @test "asdf plugin-update executes configured post hook (generic)" {
@@ -221,3 +221,12 @@ EOM
 UPDATE"
   [[ "$output" = *"${expected_output}" ]]
 }
+
+@test "asdf plugin-update prints the location of plugin (specific)" {
+  local plugin_path
+  plugin_path="$(get_plugin_path dummy)"
+  run asdf plugin-update dummy
+
+  local expected_output="Location of dummy plugin: $plugin_path"
+  [[ "$output" == *"$expected_output"* ]]
+}