diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/conda/CondaEnvironmentManager.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/conda/CondaEnvironmentManager.scala
index 9fa8415b370ad..2b5c2d0b00643 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/conda/CondaEnvironmentManager.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/conda/CondaEnvironmentManager.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import scala.sys.process.BasicIO
 import scala.sys.process.Process
 import scala.sys.process.ProcessBuilder
 import scala.sys.process.ProcessIO
-import scala.sys.process.ProcessLogger
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
@@ -55,19 +54,10 @@ final class CondaEnvironmentManager(condaBinaryPath: String,
     logInfo("Retrieving the conda installation's info")
     val command = Process(List(condaBinaryPath, "info", "--json"), None)
 
-    val buffer = new StringBuffer
-    val io = BasicIO(withIn = false,
-      buffer,
-      Some(ProcessLogger(line => logDebug(s"<conda> $line"))))
-
-    val exitCode = command.run(io).exitValue()
-    if (exitCode != 0) {
-      throw new SparkException(s"Attempt to retrieve initial conda info exited with code: "
-        + f"$exitCode%nCommand was: $command%nOutput was:%n${buffer.toString}")
-    }
+    val out = runOrFail(command, "retrieving the conda installation's info")
 
     implicit val format = org.json4s.DefaultFormats
-    JsonMethods.parse(buffer.toString).extract[Map[String, JValue]]
+    JsonMethods.parse(out).extract[Map[String, JValue]]
   }
 
   lazy val defaultPkgsDirs: List[String] = {
@@ -165,17 +155,27 @@ final class CondaEnvironmentManager(condaBinaryPath: String,
     logInfo(s"Successfully executed $command with environment $extraEnv")
   }
 
-  private[this] def runOrFail(command: ProcessBuilder, description: String): Unit = {
-    val buffer = new StringBuffer
+  /**
+   * Attempts to run a command and return its stdout,
+   * @return the stdout of the process
+   */
+  private[this] def runOrFail(command: ProcessBuilder, description: String): String = {
+    val out = new StringBuffer
+    val err = new StringBuffer
     val collectErrOutToBuffer = new ProcessIO(
     BasicIO.input(false),
-    BasicIO.processFully(buffer),
-    BasicIO.processFully(buffer))
+    BasicIO.processFully(out),
+    BasicIO.processFully(line => {
+      err append line
+      err append BasicIO.Newline
+      log.info(s"<conda> $line")
+    }))
     val exitCode = command.run(collectErrOutToBuffer).exitValue()
     if (exitCode != 0) {
       throw new SparkException(s"Attempt to $description exited with code: "
-      + f"$exitCode%nCommand was: $command%nOutput was:%n${buffer.toString}")
+      + f"$exitCode%nCommand was: $command%nStdout was:%n$out%nStderr was:%n$err")
     }
+    out.toString
   }
 }