diff --git a/src/config/file.rs b/src/config/file.rs
index c4e88fec6b..2696b48af1 100644
--- a/src/config/file.rs
+++ b/src/config/file.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct FileConfig {
     pub path: String,
@@ -46,3 +48,36 @@ impl FileConfig {
         self
     }
 }
+
+impl Display for FileConfig {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.path)?;
+        if self.symlink {
+            write!(f, " -> {}", self.data)?;
+        } else if self.directory {
+            write!(f, " type=dir")?;
+            if self.recursive_chown {
+                write!(f, " chown=yes")?;
+            }
+        } else {
+            write!(
+                f,
+                " size={}B",
+                arg_parser::to_human_readable_string(self.data.len() as u64)
+            )?;
+            if self.postinstall {
+                write!(f, "!")?;
+            }
+        }
+        if let Some(uid) = self.uid {
+            write!(f, " uid={}", uid)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(uid) = self.uid {
+            write!(f, " gid={}", uid)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(mode) = self.mode {
+            write!(f, " mode={:3o}", mode)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index a1fe76de78..d6a04259ca 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fmt::Display;
 use std::fs;
 use std::mem;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use anyhow::bail;
+use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 pub mod file;
@@ -35,11 +37,11 @@ impl Config {
             Ok(config_data) => match toml::from_str(&config_data) {
                 Ok(config) => config,
                 Err(err) => {
-                    bail!("{}: failed to decode: {}", path.display(), err);
+                    bail!("failed to decode '{}': {}", path.display(), err);
                 }
             },
             Err(err) => {
-                bail!("{}: failed to read: {}", path.display(), err);
+                bail!("failed to read '{}': {}", path.display(), err);
             }
         };
 
@@ -47,7 +49,10 @@ impl Config {
 
         let mut configs = mem::take(&mut config.include)
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|path| Config::from_file(&config_dir.join(path)))
+            .map(|path| {
+                Config::from_file(&config_dir.join(&path))
+                    .with_context(|| format!("Importing from {}", path.display()))
+            })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<Config>>>()?;
         configs.push(config); // Put ourself last to ensure that it overwrites anything else.
 
@@ -90,3 +95,22 @@ impl Config {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Display for Config {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        writeln!(f, "files:")?;
+        for file in &self.files {
+            writeln!(f, "- {}", file)?;
+        }
+        writeln!(f, "users:")?;
+        for (name, user) in &self.users {
+            writeln!(f, "- {}:{}", name, user)?;
+        }
+        write!(f, "packages: ")?;
+        for name in self.packages.keys() {
+            write!(f, " {}", name)?;
+        }
+        writeln!(f, "")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/config/user.rs b/src/config/user.rs
index 9e9393de0c..862bffad0b 100644
--- a/src/config/user.rs
+++ b/src/config/user.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 pub struct UserConfig {
     pub password: Option<String>,
@@ -14,3 +16,28 @@ pub struct GroupConfig {
     // FIXME move this to the UserConfig struct as extra_groups
     pub members: Vec<String>,
 }
+
+impl Display for UserConfig {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        if let Some(uid) = &self.uid {
+            write!(f, " uid={}", uid)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(gid) = &self.gid {
+            write!(f, " gid={}", gid)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(name) = &self.name {
+            write!(f, " name={}", name)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(home) = &self.home {
+            write!(f, " home={}", home)?;
+        }
+        if let Some(shell) = &self.shell {
+            write!(f, " shell={}", shell)?;
+        }
+        if self.password.as_ref().is_some_and(|s| !s.is_empty()) {
+            write!(f, " password=yes")?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/installer.rs b/src/installer.rs
index 727d8862ba..1b78403f8b 100644
--- a/src/installer.rs
+++ b/src/installer.rs
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ pub fn try_fast_install<D: redoxfs::Disk, F: FnMut(u64, u64)>(
 }
 
 fn install_inner(config: Config, output: &Path) -> Result<()> {
-    println!("Install {config:#?} to {}", output.display());
+    println!("Installing to {}:\n{}", output.display(), config);
     let cookbook = config.general.cookbook.clone();
     let cookbook = cookbook.as_ref().map(|p| p.as_str());
     if output.is_dir() {