diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
index c8cd1d88f1e79c10db64fceee9dc3308a079e4bf..5ab81654440fd6272c3d4c4ef3b45d00f8a9d2f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitclient.cpp
@@ -2885,7 +2885,7 @@ bool GitClient::addAndCommit(const QString &repositoryDirectory,
     const bool rc = fullySynchronousGit(repositoryDirectory, args, &outputText, &errorText);
     const QString stdErr = commandOutputFromLocal8Bit(errorText);
     if (rc) {
-        outputWindow()->append(msgCommitted(amendSHA1, commitCount));
+        outputWindow()->appendMessage(msgCommitted(amendSHA1, commitCount));
         outputWindow()->appendError(stdErr);
     } else {
         outputWindow()->appendError(tr("Cannot commit %n file(s): %1\n", 0, commitCount).arg(stdErr));
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
index bb08db948cdb9222281e482d00f2f337bf112c53..f9cdd9d3cd3b04190e976640e503422b83b79737 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/gitplugin.cpp
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ void GitPlugin::applyPatch(const QString &workingDirectory, QString file)
     QString errorMessage;
     if (m_gitClient->synchronousApplyPatch(workingDirectory, file, &errorMessage)) {
         if (errorMessage.isEmpty())
-            outwin->append(tr("Patch %1 successfully applied to %2").arg(file, workingDirectory));
+            outwin->appendMessage(tr("Patch %1 successfully applied to %2").arg(file, workingDirectory));
         else
             outwin->appendError(errorMessage);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
index bb30245bae6e6f9e1a1a0709fdce2f1afd6e40a5..9e565b76f4abcff52298323de6c333f97cd52606 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ void MergeTool::done()
     const QString workingDirectory = m_process->workingDirectory();
     int exitCode = m_process->exitCode();
     if (!exitCode) {
-        outputWindow->append(tr("Merge tool process finished successully."));
+        outputWindow->appendMessage(tr("Merge tool process finished successully."));
         m_gitClient->continueCommandIfNeeded(workingDirectory);
     } else {
         outputWindow->appendError(tr("Merge tool process terminated with exit code %1")
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.cpp
index bd34e0c5a0ca9325db7bc920eb7484287b7f80d4..eecc789d0011a02049397b32fde2123bb2fd44f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public:
     void appendWarning(const QString &text);
     // Append a bold command "10:00 " + "Executing: vcs -diff"
     void appendCommand(const QString &text);
+    // Append a message text (e.g. "command has finished successfully") and pop up.
+    void appendMessage(const QString &text);
 
 protected:
     virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event);
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ private:
     QTextCharFormat m_errorFormat;
     QTextCharFormat m_warningFormat;
     QTextCharFormat m_commandFormat;
+    QTextCharFormat m_messageFormat;
 };
 
 OutputWindowPlainTextEdit::OutputWindowPlainTextEdit(QWidget *parent) :
@@ -110,13 +113,15 @@ OutputWindowPlainTextEdit::OutputWindowPlainTextEdit(QWidget *parent) :
     m_defaultFormat(currentCharFormat()),
     m_errorFormat(m_defaultFormat),
     m_warningFormat(m_defaultFormat),
-    m_commandFormat(m_defaultFormat)
+    m_commandFormat(m_defaultFormat),
+    m_messageFormat(m_defaultFormat)
 {
     setReadOnly(true);
     setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
     m_errorFormat.setForeground(Qt::red);
     m_warningFormat.setForeground(Qt::darkYellow);
     m_commandFormat.setFontWeight(QFont::Bold);
+    m_messageFormat.setForeground(Qt::blue);
 }
 
 // Search back for beginning of word
@@ -239,6 +244,13 @@ void OutputWindowPlainTextEdit::appendCommand(const QString &text)
     setCurrentCharFormat(m_defaultFormat);
 }
 
+void OutputWindowPlainTextEdit::appendMessage(const QString &text)
+{
+    setCurrentCharFormat(m_messageFormat);
+    appendLines(text);
+    setCurrentCharFormat(m_defaultFormat);
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 
 // ------------------- VcsBaseOutputWindowPrivate
@@ -433,6 +445,11 @@ void VcsBaseOutputWindow::appendCommand(const QString &workingDirectory,
     appendCommand(msgExecutionLogEntry(workingDirectory, binary, args));
 }
 
+void VcsBaseOutputWindow::appendMessage(const QString &text)
+{
+    d->plainTextEdit()->appendMessage(text);
+}
+
 VcsBaseOutputWindow *VcsBaseOutputWindow::instance()
 {
     if (!VcsBaseOutputWindowPrivate::instance) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.h b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.h
index a89744aff653056a3b7a07ee9a77e7f44fe0a74a..a1ce87586e0bdff5237bd9d4545064b958907527 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.h
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseoutputwindow.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ public slots:
                        const QString &binary,
                        const QStringList &args);
 
+    // Append a blue message text and pop up.
+    void appendMessage(const QString &text);
+
 private:
     VcsBaseOutputWindow();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
index 0911da9d7ead8ad0452908236dce24a8b398a119..a33c054f3c89062d8dc16725249ccf837516dad5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ public:
         connect(this, SIGNAL(appendError(QString)), outputWindow, SLOT(appendError(QString)));
         connect(this, SIGNAL(appendCommand(QString,QString,QStringList)),
                 outputWindow, SLOT(appendCommand(QString,QString,QStringList)));
+        connect(this, SIGNAL(appendMessage(QString)), outputWindow, SLOT(appendMessage(QString)));
     }
 
 signals:
@@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ signals:
     void appendCommand(const QString &workingDirectory,
                        const QString &binary,
                        const QStringList &args);
+    void appendMessage(const QString &text);
 };
 
 /*!
@@ -1038,7 +1040,7 @@ SynchronousProcessResponse VcsBasePlugin::runVcs(const QString &workingDir,
     // Success/Fail message in appropriate window?
     if (response.result == SynchronousProcessResponse::Finished) {
         if (flags & ShowSuccessMessage)
-            emit output.append(response.exitMessage(binary, timeOutMS));
+            emit output.appendMessage(response.exitMessage(binary, timeOutMS));
     } else if (!(flags & SuppressFailMessageInLogWindow)) {
         emit output.appendError(response.exitMessage(binary, timeOutMS));
     }