diff --git a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
index b0f268e6d7..26734ee355 100644
--- a/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
+++ b/drivers/amazonec2/amazonec2.go
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
-
 	if err := d.terminate(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to terminate instance: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/azure/azure.go b/drivers/azure/azure.go
index f898425888..fae0f0255d 100644
--- a/drivers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/drivers/azure/azure.go
@@ -304,15 +304,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if vmState, err := d.GetState(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if vmState == state.Stopped {
-		log.Infof("Host is already stopped")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	log.Debugf("stopping %s", d.MachineName)
-
 	if err := vmClient.ShutdownRole(d.MachineName, d.MachineName, d.MachineName); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go b/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
index cdc069f2d6..297c71349f 100644
--- a/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
+++ b/drivers/exoscale/exoscale.go
@@ -343,24 +343,14 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
-	vmstate, err := d.GetState()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if vmstate == state.Stopped {
-		log.Infof("Host is already stopped")
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	client := egoscale.NewClient(d.URL, d.APIKey, d.APISecretKey)
+
 	svmresp, err := client.StopVirtualMachine(d.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err = d.waitForJob(client, svmresp); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+
+	return d.waitForJob(client, svmresp)
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
diff --git a/drivers/google/compute_util.go b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
index 846b9deae4..729bbffb43 100644
--- a/drivers/google/compute_util.go
+++ b/drivers/google/compute_util.go
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ func (c *ComputeUtil) deleteInstance() error {
 
 // stopInstance stops the instance.
 func (c *ComputeUtil) stopInstance() error {
-	log.Infof("Stopping instance.")
 	op, err := c.service.Instances.Stop(c.project, c.zone, c.instanceName).Do()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
index d2dd0d58c9..a74eba18cd 100644
--- a/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/drivers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
-	log.Debug("Stopping OpenStack instance...", map[string]string{"MachineId": d.MachineId})
 	if err := d.initCompute(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
index 15d89e2615..c311a014a2 100644
--- a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
@@ -548,7 +548,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	log.Infof("Stopping VM...")
 
 	d.IPAddress = ""
 
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
index 8d17660ddf..190ab4d432 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarefusion/fusion_darwin.go
@@ -408,13 +408,11 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
-	log.Infof("Gracefully shutting down %s...", d.MachineName)
-	vmrun("stop", d.vmxPath(), "nogui")
-	return nil
+	_, _, err := vmrun("stop", d.vmxPath(), "nogui")
+	return err
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
-
 	s, _ := d.GetState()
 	if s == state.Running {
 		if err := d.Kill(); err != nil {
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
index d90287485e..5a003ac057 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevcloudair/vcloudair.go
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
-
 	p, err := govcloudair.NewClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
index 83f36f34a8..ef51f47acd 100644
--- a/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
+++ b/drivers/vmwarevsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Stop() error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.Infof("Powering off VM...")
+
 	if err := vm.ShutdownGuest(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/libmachine/host/host.go b/libmachine/host/host.go
index f2778ac0af..363e79fc13 100644
--- a/libmachine/host/host.go
+++ b/libmachine/host/host.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (h *Host) Start() error {
 }
 
 func (h *Host) Stop() error {
+	log.Infof("Stopping %q...", h.Name)
 	if err := h.runActionForState(h.Driver.Stop, state.Stopped); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}