diff --git a/command/format_plan.go b/command/format_plan.go
index 6ebf2ecc8..0b17e9a26 100644
--- a/command/format_plan.go
+++ b/command/format_plan.go
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ func FormatPlan(p *terraform.Plan, c *colorstring.Colorize) string {
 		// resource header.
 		color := "yellow"
 		symbol := "~"
-		if rdiff.RequiresNew() {
+		if rdiff.RequiresNew() && rdiff.Destroy {
+			color = "green"
+			symbol = "-/+"
+		} else if rdiff.RequiresNew() {
 			color = "green"
 			symbol = "+"
 		} else if rdiff.Destroy {