diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e529fa23..37f4ab725 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   Instead, instructions are printed indicating that `pulumi up` can be used to deploy the project.
 - Differences between the state of a refreshed resource and the state described in a Pulumi program are now properly
   detected when using newer providers.
+- Differences between a resource's provider-internal properties are no longer displayed in the CLI.
 
 ## 0.17.1 (Released March 6, 2019)
 
diff --git a/pkg/engine/diff.go b/pkg/engine/diff.go
index 1b90cecb6..36d30f9c7 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/diff.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/diff.go
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/pkg/util/contract"
 )
 
+// IsInternalPropertyKey returns true if the given property key is an internal key that should not be displayed to
+// users.
+func IsInternalPropertyKey(key resource.PropertyKey) bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(string(key), "__")
+}
+
 // GetIndent computes a step's parent indentation.
 func GetIndent(step StepEventMetadata, seen map[resource.URN]StepEventMetadata) int {
 	indent := 0
@@ -224,7 +230,7 @@ func printObject(
 
 	// Now print out the values intelligently based on the type.
 	for _, k := range keys {
-		if v := props[k]; shouldPrintPropertyValue(v, planning) {
+		if v := props[k]; !IsInternalPropertyKey(k) && shouldPrintPropertyValue(v, planning) {
 			printPropertyTitle(b, string(k), maxkey, indent, op, prefix)
 			printPropertyValue(b, v, planning, indent, op, prefix, debug)
 		}
@@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ func GetResourceOutputsPropertiesString(
 	// the new outputs, we want to print the diffs.
 	var outputDiff *resource.ObjectDiff
 	if step.Old != nil && step.Old.Outputs != nil {
-		outputDiff = step.Old.Outputs.Diff(outs)
+		outputDiff = step.Old.Outputs.Diff(outs, IsInternalPropertyKey)
 	}
 
 	var keys []resource.PropertyKey
@@ -292,10 +298,10 @@ func GetResourceOutputsPropertiesString(
 		// - a property with the same key is not present in the inputs
 		// - the property that is present in the inputs is different
 		// - we are doing a refresh, in which case we always want to show state differences
-		if outputDiff != nil || shouldPrintPropertyValue(out, true) {
+		if outputDiff != nil || (!IsInternalPropertyKey(k) && shouldPrintPropertyValue(out, true)) {
 			print := true
 			if in, has := ins[k]; has && !refresh {
-				print = (out.Diff(in) != nil)
+				print = (out.Diff(in, IsInternalPropertyKey) != nil)
 			}
 
 			if print {
@@ -451,7 +457,7 @@ func printOldNewDiffs(
 	planning bool, indent int, op deploy.StepOp, summary bool, debug bool) {
 
 	// Get the full diff structure between the two, and print it (recursively).
-	if diff := olds.Diff(news); diff != nil {
+	if diff := olds.Diff(news, IsInternalPropertyKey); diff != nil {
 		printObjectDiff(b, *diff, include, planning, indent, summary, debug)
 	} else {
 		// If there's no diff, report the op as Same - there's no diff to render
diff --git a/pkg/resource/properties_diff.go b/pkg/resource/properties_diff.go
index 9bbec7d92..7a3be3092 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/properties_diff.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/properties_diff.go
@@ -116,20 +116,36 @@ func (diff *ArrayDiff) Len() int {
 	return len
 }
 
+// IgnoreKeyFunc is the callback type for Diff's ignore option.
+type IgnoreKeyFunc func(key PropertyKey) bool
+
 // Diff returns a diffset by comparing the property map to another; it returns nil if there are no diffs.
-func (props PropertyMap) Diff(other PropertyMap) *ObjectDiff {
+func (props PropertyMap) Diff(other PropertyMap, ignoreKeys ...IgnoreKeyFunc) *ObjectDiff {
 	adds := make(PropertyMap)
 	deletes := make(PropertyMap)
 	sames := make(PropertyMap)
 	updates := make(map[PropertyKey]ValueDiff)
 
+	ignore := func(key PropertyKey) bool {
+		for _, ikf := range ignoreKeys {
+			if ikf(key) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+
 	// First find any updates or deletes.
 	for k, old := range props {
+		if ignore(k) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if new, has := other[k]; has {
 			// If a new exists, use it; for output properties, however, ignore differences.
 			if new.IsOutput() {
 				sames[k] = old
-			} else if diff := old.Diff(new); diff != nil {
+			} else if diff := old.Diff(new, ignoreKeys...); diff != nil {
 				if !old.HasValue() {
 					adds[k] = new
 				} else if !new.HasValue() {
@@ -148,6 +164,10 @@ func (props PropertyMap) Diff(other PropertyMap) *ObjectDiff {
 
 	// Next find any additions not in the old map.
 	for k, new := range other {
+		if ignore(k) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if _, has := props[k]; !has && new.HasValue() {
 			adds[k] = new
 		}
@@ -166,7 +186,7 @@ func (props PropertyMap) Diff(other PropertyMap) *ObjectDiff {
 }
 
 // Diff returns a diff by comparing a single property value to another; it returns nil if there are no diffs.
-func (v PropertyValue) Diff(other PropertyValue) *ValueDiff {
+func (v PropertyValue) Diff(other PropertyValue, ignoreKeys ...IgnoreKeyFunc) *ValueDiff {
 	if v.IsArray() && other.IsArray() {
 		old := v.ArrayValue()
 		new := other.ArrayValue()
@@ -208,7 +228,7 @@ func (v PropertyValue) Diff(other PropertyValue) *ValueDiff {
 	if v.IsObject() && other.IsObject() {
 		old := v.ObjectValue()
 		new := other.ObjectValue()
-		if diff := old.Diff(new); diff != nil {
+		if diff := old.Diff(new, ignoreKeys...); diff != nil {
 			return &ValueDiff{
 				Old:    v,
 				New:    other,