diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index f81d19c50..6c2dc8c15 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -615,7 +615,11 @@ fn cmd_init(
     } else {
         repo = ReadonlyRepo::init_local(ui.settings(), wc_path);
     }
-    writeln!(ui, "Initialized repo in {:?}", repo.working_copy_path());
+    writeln!(
+        ui,
+        "Initialized repo in \"{}\"",
+        repo.working_copy_path().display()
+    );
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_init_command.rs b/tests/test_init_command.rs
index b21d23e0a..ec77cd251 100644
--- a/tests/test_init_command.rs
+++ b/tests/test_init_command.rs
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ fn test_init_git_external() {
     assert!(repo_path.join(".jj").is_dir());
     let store_file_contents = std::fs::read_to_string(repo_path.join(".jj").join("store")).unwrap();
     assert!(store_file_contents.starts_with("git: "));
-    assert!(store_file_contents.ends_with("/git-repo"));
+    assert!(store_file_contents
+        .replace('\\', "/")
+        .ends_with("/git-repo"));
     assert_eq!(
         output.stdout_string(),
-        format!("Initialized repo in \"{}\"\n", repo_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        format!("Initialized repo in \"{}\"\n", repo_path.display())
     );
 }