diff --git a/.changeset/dedupe-created-message.md b/.changeset/dedupe-created-message.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4b823e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dedupe-created-message.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@marko/create": patch
+"create-marko": patch
+---
+
+Remove the duplicated "Project created" line at the end of the scaffold — the spinner's final message and the closing message both said it. The spinner now ends with "Project created" and the closing line starts the "Next steps".
diff --git a/packages/create/src/cli.ts b/packages/create/src/cli.ts
index d7b00be..a63649f 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/create/src/cli.ts
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ export async function run(options: CliOptions): Promise<void> {
     ];
 
     p.outro(
-      `Project created! Next steps:\n${steps
-        .map((step) => color.cyan(`  ${step}`))
-        .join("\n")}`,
+      `Next steps:\n${steps.map((step) => color.cyan(`  ${step}`)).join("\n")}`,
     );
   } catch (err) {
     spin.stop("Failed to create project", 1);