diff --git a/crates/ra_project_model/src/sysroot.rs b/crates/ra_project_model/src/sysroot.rs
index b426fc1070..db779a2d26 100644
--- a/crates/ra_project_model/src/sysroot.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_project_model/src/sysroot.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use std::{
     env,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
-    process::Command,
+    process::{Command, Output},
 };
 
 use ra_arena::{impl_arena_id, Arena, RawId};
@@ -79,49 +79,43 @@ impl Sysroot {
     }
 }
 
-fn get_or_install_rust_src(cargo_toml: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf> {
-    fn try_install_rust_src(cargo_toml: &Path) -> Result<()> {
-        let rustup_output = Command::new("rustup")
-            .current_dir(cargo_toml.parent().unwrap())
-            .args(&["component", "add", "rust-src"])
-            .output()
-            .context("rustup component add rust-src failed")?;
-        if !rustup_output.status.success() {
-            match rustup_output.status.code() {
-                Some(code) => bail!(
-                    "failed to install rust-src: rustup component add rust-src exited with code {}",
-                    code
-                ),
-                None => bail!(
-                    "failed to install rust-src: rustup component add rust-src terminated by signal"
-                ),
-            };
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
+fn create_command_text(program: &str, args: &[&str]) -> String {
+    format!("{} {}", program, args.join(" "))
+}
 
+fn run_command_in_cargo_dir(cargo_toml: &Path, program: &str, args: &[&str]) -> Result<Output> {
+    let output = Command::new(program)
+        .current_dir(cargo_toml.parent().unwrap())
+        .args(args)
+        .output()
+        .context(format!("{} failed", create_command_text(program, args)))?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        match output.status.code() {
+            Some(code) => bail!(
+                "failed to run the command: '{}' exited with code {}",
+                create_command_text(program, args),
+                code
+            ),
+            None => bail!(
+                "failed to run the command: '{}' terminated by signal",
+                create_command_text(program, args)
+            ),
+        };
+    }
+    Ok(output)
+}
+
+fn get_or_install_rust_src(cargo_toml: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf> {
     if let Ok(path) = env::var("RUST_SRC_PATH") {
         return Ok(path.into());
     }
-    let rustc_output = Command::new("rustc")
-        .current_dir(cargo_toml.parent().unwrap())
-        .args(&["--print", "sysroot"])
-        .output()
-        .context("rustc --print sysroot failed")?;
-    if !rustc_output.status.success() {
-        match rustc_output.status.code() {
-            Some(code) => {
-                bail!("failed to locate sysroot: rustc --print sysroot exited with code {}", code)
-            }
-            None => bail!("failed to locate sysroot: rustc --print sysroot terminated by signal"),
-        };
-    }
+    let rustc_output = run_command_in_cargo_dir(cargo_toml, "rustc", &["--print", "sysroot"])?;
     let stdout = String::from_utf8(rustc_output.stdout)?;
     let sysroot_path = Path::new(stdout.trim());
     let src_path = sysroot_path.join("lib/rustlib/src/rust/src");
 
     if !src_path.exists() {
-        try_install_rust_src(cargo_toml)?
+        run_command_in_cargo_dir(cargo_toml, "rustup", &["component", "add", "rust-src"])?;
     }
     if !src_path.exists() {
         bail!(