diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resources.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resources.go
index bbc83c8ca..6aecab05c 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resources.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resources.go
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ func resource_aws_instance_create(
 	// properly.
 	rs := s.MergeDiff(d)
 
+	// Create the instance
 	runOpts := &ec2.RunInstances{
 		ImageId:      rs.Attributes["ami"],
 		InstanceType: rs.Attributes["instance_type"],
 	}
-
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Run configuration: %#v", runOpts)
 	runResp, err := ec2conn.RunInstances(runOpts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ func resource_aws_instance_create(
 	instance := &runResp.Instances[0]
 	log.Printf("[INFO] Instance ID: %s", instance.InstanceId)
 
-	// Store the resource state now so that we can return it in the case
-	// of any errors.
+	// Store the resulting ID so we can look this up later
 	rs.ID = instance.InstanceId
 
 	// Wait for the instance to become running so we can get some attributes
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index dabc2e084..31c0d5aed 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ func wrappedMain() int {
 	}
 
 	cli := &cli.CLI{
-		Args:     args,
-		Commands: Commands,
-		HelpFunc: cli.BasicHelpFunc("terraform"),
+		Args:       args,
+		Commands:   Commands,
+		HelpFunc:   cli.BasicHelpFunc("terraform"),
+		HelpWriter: os.Stdout,
 	}
 
 	exitCode, err := cli.Run()
@@ -131,7 +132,12 @@ func copyOutput(r io.Reader) {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	defaultR, err := pr.Prefix("")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 
 	go io.Copy(os.Stderr, stderrR)
 	go io.Copy(os.Stdout, stdoutR)
+	go io.Copy(os.Stdout, defaultR)
 }