diff --git a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/commands/VacuumCommand.scala b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/commands/VacuumCommand.scala
index 8509c0bb18e..2ee44bf6339 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/commands/VacuumCommand.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/commands/VacuumCommand.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.delta.commands
 
 // scalastyle:off import.ordering.noEmptyLine
 import java.net.URI
+import java.sql.Timestamp
 import java.util.Date
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.actions.{FileAction, RemoveFile}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.commands.VacuumCommand.logInfo
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.sources.DeltaSQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.util.DeltaFileOperations
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.util.DeltaFileOperations.tryDeleteNonRecursive
@@ -225,10 +227,20 @@ object VacuumCommand extends VacuumCommandImpl with Serializable {
 
           return diff.map(f => stringToPath(f).toString).toDF("path")
         }
-        logInfo(s"Deleting untracked files and empty directories in $path")
-
-        val filesDeleted = delete(diff, spark, basePath, hadoopConf, parallelDeleteEnabled)
-
+        logVacuumStart(
+          spark,
+          deltaLog,
+          path,
+          diff,
+          retentionMillis,
+          deltaLog.tombstoneRetentionMillis)
+
+        val filesDeleted = try {
+          delete(diff, spark, basePath, hadoopConf, parallelDeleteEnabled)
+        } catch { case t: Throwable =>
+          logVacuumEnd(deltaLog, spark)
+          throw t
+        }
         val stats = DeltaVacuumStats(
           isDryRun = false,
           specifiedRetentionMillis = retentionMillis,
@@ -237,8 +249,7 @@ object VacuumCommand extends VacuumCommandImpl with Serializable {
           dirsPresentBeforeDelete = dirCounts,
           objectsDeleted = filesDeleted)
         recordDeltaEvent(deltaLog, "delta.gc.stats", data = stats)
-        logConsole(s"Deleted $filesDeleted files and directories in a total " +
-          s"of $dirCounts directories.")
+        logVacuumEnd(deltaLog, spark, Some(filesDeleted), Some(dirCounts))
 
         spark.createDataset(Seq(basePath)).toDF("path")
       } finally {
@@ -250,6 +261,27 @@ object VacuumCommand extends VacuumCommandImpl with Serializable {
 
 trait VacuumCommandImpl extends DeltaCommand {
 
+  protected def logVacuumStart(
+      spark: SparkSession,
+      deltaLog: DeltaLog,
+      path: Path,
+      diff: Dataset[String],
+      specifiedRetentionMillis: Option[Long],
+      defaultRetentionMillis: Long): Unit = {
+    logInfo(s"Deleting untracked files and empty directories in $path")
+  }
+
+  protected def logVacuumEnd(
+      deltaLog: DeltaLog,
+      spark: SparkSession,
+      filesDeleted: Option[Long] = None,
+      dirCounts: Option[Long] = None): Unit = {
+    if (filesDeleted.nonEmpty) {
+      logConsole(s"Deleted ${filesDeleted.get} files and directories in a total " +
+        s"of ${dirCounts.get} directories.")
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Attempts to relativize the `path` with respect to the `reservoirBase` and converts the path to
    * a string.