diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/vdiff/vdiff.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/vdiff/vdiff.go
index f3d1b51c194..b66eda2fb2f 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/vdiff/vdiff.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/vdiff/vdiff.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func commandVDiffCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	resp, err := common.GetClient().VDiffCreate(common.GetCommandCtx(), &vtctldatapb.VDiffCreateRequest{
 		Workflow:                    common.BaseOptions.Workflow,
 		TargetKeyspace:              common.BaseOptions.TargetKeyspace,
+		Uuid:                        vDiffCreateOptions.UUID.String(),
 		SourceCells:                 vDiffCreateOptions.SourceCells,
 		TargetCells:                 vDiffCreateOptions.TargetCells,
 		TabletTypes:                 vDiffCreateOptions.TabletTypes,
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ func commandVDiffCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		data = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("VDiff %s scheduled on target shards, use show to view progress", resp.Uuid))
 	}
 
 	fmt.Printf("%s\n", data)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go b/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
index aaabafde20c..7ae0e48702c 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/grpcvtctldserver/server.go
@@ -4697,6 +4697,10 @@ func (s *VtctldServer) VDiffCreate(ctx context.Context, req *vtctldatapb.VDiffCr
 
 	span.Annotate("keyspace", req.TargetKeyspace)
 	span.Annotate("workflow", req.Workflow)
+	span.Annotate("uuid", req.Uuid)
+	span.Annotate("source_cells", req.SourceCells)
+	span.Annotate("target_cells", req.TargetCells)
+	span.Annotate("tablet_types", req.TabletTypes)
 
 	resp, err = s.ws.VDiffCreate(ctx, req)
 	return resp, err
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
index d6b980103cf..c9a5aac952e 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/workflow/server.go
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ type sequenceMetadata struct {
 
 type VDiffOutput struct {
 	mu        sync.Mutex
-	Request   *tabletmanagerdata.VDiffRequest
-	Responses map[string]*tabletmanagerdata.VDiffResponse
-	Err       error
+	request   *tabletmanagerdata.VDiffRequest
+	responses map[string]*tabletmanagerdata.VDiffResponse
+	err       error
 }
 
 const (
@@ -1349,11 +1349,6 @@ func (s *Server) VDiffCreate(ctx context.Context, req *vtctldatapb.VDiffCreateRe
 		Options:   options,
 		VdiffUuid: req.Uuid,
 	}
-	output := &VDiffOutput{
-		Request:   tabletreq,
-		Responses: make(map[string]*tabletmanagerdata.VDiffResponse),
-		Err:       nil,
-	}
 
 	ts, err := s.buildTrafficSwitcher(ctx, req.TargetKeyspace, req.Workflow)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1364,16 +1359,13 @@ func (s *Server) VDiffCreate(ctx context.Context, req *vtctldatapb.VDiffCreateRe
 			req.TargetKeyspace, req.Workflow)
 	}
 
-	output.Err = ts.ForAllTargets(func(target *MigrationTarget) error {
-		resp, err := s.tmc.VDiff(ctx, target.GetPrimary().Tablet, tabletreq)
-		output.mu.Lock()
-		defer output.mu.Unlock()
-		output.Responses[target.GetShard().ShardName()] = resp
+	err = ts.ForAllTargets(func(target *MigrationTarget) error {
+		_, err := s.tmc.VDiff(ctx, target.GetPrimary().Tablet, tabletreq)
 		return err
 	})
-	if output.Err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Error executing action %s: %v", vdiff.CreateAction, output.Err)
-		return nil, output.Err
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error executing action %s: %v", vdiff.CreateAction, err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &vtctldatapb.VDiffCreateResponse{