diff --git a/Makefile.lib b/Makefile.lib
index 503ffe7e2..a131be755 100644
--- a/Makefile.lib
+++ b/Makefile.lib
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ifdef MAKE_COLOR
 	INFO_COLOR    = $(shell tput setaf 5)
 	CC_COLOR      = $(shell tput setaf 6)
 	LD_COLOR      = $(shell tput setaf 2)
+	PO_COLOR      = $(shell tput setaf 6)
 	LINK_COLOR    = $(shell tput bold;tput setaf 4)
 	INSTALL_COLOR = $(shell tput setaf 3)
 	END_COLOR     = $(shell tput sgr0)
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ endif
 ncmd = $(if $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)),echo $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)) &&) $(cmd_$(1))
 cmd = @$(if $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)),echo $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)) &&) $(cmd_$(1))
 mcmd = @$(if $($(mquiet)cmd_$(1)),echo $($(mquiet)cmd_$(1)) &&) $(cmd_$(1))
+ecmd = @$(if $($(mquiet)cmd_$(1)),printf "%-38s " $($(mquiet)cmd_$(1)) &&) $(cmd_$(1))
 
 quiet_cmd_compile = '      [$(CC_COLOR)CC$(END_COLOR)]   $(RELPATH)$@'
  masq_cmd_compile = $(COMPILE) -c $<
diff --git a/po/Makefile b/po/Makefile
index b1b3cd5b2..9e2b530c5 100644
--- a/po/Makefile
+++ b/po/Makefile
@@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ MSGMERGE = msgmerge
 # xgettext) 
 POTFILES_ABS_LIST = potfiles.list
 
+quiet_cmd_gmsgfmt = ' [$(PO_COLOR)GMSGFMT$(END_COLOR)]   $(RELPATH)$(@)'
+      cmd_gmsgfmt = rm -f -- "$@" && $(GMSGFMT) --statistics -o "$@" -- "$<"
+
 
 # Distributed elinks-*.tar.gz packages include po/*.gmo files, so that
 # users can install ELinks even if they don't have a msgfmt program.
 # However, if srcdir != builddir, then this Makefile ignores the *.gmo
 # files in the srcdir and builds new ones in the builddir.
-%.gmo: $(srcdir)/%.po
-	@rm -f -- "$@" && printf "%s: " "$*" \
-	  && $(GMSGFMT) --statistics -o "$@" -- "$<"
+%.gmo: $(srcdir)%.po
+	$(call ecmd,gmsgfmt)
 
 
 ### The default rule