diff --git a/README b/README
index f675c477f..17a5440e5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Building a Transmission release from the command line:
 
     $ tar xvfz Transmission-80.tar.gz
     $ cd Transmission-0.80
-    $ ./configure && make
+    $ ./configure -q && make -s
     $ su (if necessary for the next line)
     $ make install
 
@@ -31,5 +31,7 @@ Building Transmission from SVN:
     $ svn co svn://svn.m0k.org/Transmission/trunk Transmission
     $ cd Transmission
     $ ./autogen.sh
-    $ ./configure && make
+    $ ./configure -q && make -s
+
+If you miss the silence of 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c18662afd..e34fc4597 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  wx/Makefile
                  wx/images/Makefile])
 
-ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --enable-static --disable-shared"
+ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --enable-static --disable-shared -q"
 AC_OUTPUT
 
 echo "