diff --git a/scripts/powershell/setup-plan.ps1 b/scripts/powershell/setup-plan.ps1
index e34de0fba8..e179f0d160 100644
--- a/scripts/powershell/setup-plan.ps1
+++ b/scripts/powershell/setup-plan.ps1
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ if (Test-Path $paths.IMPL_PLAN -PathType Leaf) {
         $content = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($template)
         $utf8NoBom = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding($false)
         [System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($paths.IMPL_PLAN, $content, $utf8NoBom)
+        # Emit the copy status like the bash twin (setup-plan.sh); route to stderr
+        # in -Json mode so stdout stays pure JSON, matching the sibling messages.
+        if ($Json) {
+            [Console]::Error.WriteLine("Copied plan template to $($paths.IMPL_PLAN)")
+        } else {
+            Write-Output "Copied plan template to $($paths.IMPL_PLAN)"
+        }
     } else {
         Write-Warning "Plan template not found"
         # Create a basic plan file if template doesn't exist
diff --git a/tests/test_setup_plan_no_overwrite.py b/tests/test_setup_plan_no_overwrite.py
index c0db317263..ff19b1a0ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_setup_plan_no_overwrite.py
+++ b/tests/test_setup_plan_no_overwrite.py
@@ -224,3 +224,25 @@ def test_ps_setup_plan_preserves_existing_plan(plan_repo: Path) -> None:
     assert "IMPL_PLAN" in data
     # The skip message should be on stderr
     assert "already exists" in result.stderr
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not (HAS_PWSH or _WINDOWS_POWERSHELL), reason="no PowerShell available")
+def test_ps_setup_plan_copied_message_on_stderr_in_json_mode(plan_repo: Path) -> None:
+    """First run in -Json mode must emit 'Copied plan template' on stderr (matching
+    the bash twin) while keeping stdout pure JSON. Before the fix the PowerShell
+    script emitted no copy status at all."""
+    script = plan_repo / ".specify" / "scripts" / "powershell" / "setup-plan.ps1"
+    exe = "pwsh" if HAS_PWSH else _WINDOWS_POWERSHELL
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [exe, "-NoProfile", "-File", str(script), "-Json"],
+        cwd=plan_repo,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        check=False,
+        env=_clean_env(),
+    )
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
+    # stdout stays parseable JSON; the status message goes to stderr.
+    data = json.loads(result.stdout)
+    assert "IMPL_PLAN" in data
+    assert "Copied plan template" in result.stderr