diff --git a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiscripts/darwin/run_onchange_after_10_configure-macos.tmpl b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiscripts/darwin/run_onchange_after_10_configure-macos.tmpl
index aadea449..e0d156b6 100644
--- a/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiscripts/darwin/run_onchange_after_10_configure-macos.tmpl
+++ b/.local/share/chezmoi/home/.chezmoiscripts/darwin/run_onchange_after_10_configure-macos.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ logg 'Applying optimized macOS settings'
 osascript -e 'tell application "System Preferences" to quit'
 
 # Ask for the administrator password upfront
-sudo -v
+logg info 'A sudo password is required to apply some of the macOS optimizations.'
+sudo echo "Sudo access granted."
 
 # Keep-alive: update existing `sudo` time stamp until `.macos` has finished
 while true; do sudo -n true; sleep 60; kill -0 "$$" || exit; done 2>/dev/null &